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US
/ˈkɑŋɡɹəsmən/
]
[ UK /kˈɒŋɡɹɛsmən/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒŋɡɹɛsmən/ ]
NOUN
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
How To Use congressman In A Sentence
- Anyway, the real life guy became a congressman or a senator or something.
- A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman.
- ‘The New York Post’ this morning bannered Congressman Dick Gephardt as Kerry's vice presidential running mate.
- After the lapse of a fortnight, Hepburn, candidate for congressman-at-large, declined to accept because "it is quite apparent that a very large portion of the Republicans, owing to the unfortunate circumstances which have come to light since the adjournment of the convention, are not disposed to accept its conclusion as an authoritative utterance of the party." [ A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
- In a letter to the Super Committee, Congressman Howard Berman D-CA, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote, In this period of belt-tightening and economic uncertainty, some seem to think that foreign assistance is a luxury we can no longer afford. Regan Hofmann: How President Obama Makes Love, Not War, by Pledging to End AIDS
- A local congressman said the canceled deployment illustrated that too much money has been cut from the defense budget.
- Congressman John Murtha is blasting what he calls swift boat style attacks stemming from his fight with Steny Hoyer. CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006
- The former state attorney general and congressman seems like a perfectly decent mainline Democrat.
- Just before the '06 election, Florida congressman Mark Foley was alleged to have "preyed" on young male congressional pages via online chats. Vail Daily - Top Stories
- If one of the prosecutors had just sent a Democratic Congressman to jail, would you be totally untempted by the White House explanation that the real cause was, say, a reluctance to prosecute abortion-clinic protesters under RICO? Politics, Lies, and 93 v. 8 - Swampland - TIME.com