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congressional

adjective as in legislative

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It is unusual for executive branch officials to get in hot water for ignoring congressional subpoenas.

From Salon

Navarro got out of prison earlier this year after being convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena from a House committee investigating the attack on the U.S.

I saw it differently: Baker enabled Reagan to compromise with congressional Democrats and accomplish what he never could have as a conservative ideologue.

The president may also rescind or defer spending but, again, only with congressional approval.

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In the Central Valley, the Antelope Valley and Orange County, a trio of Democratic congressional challengers unseated Republican incumbents as the party narrowed the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives.

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