congressional
Example Sentences
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“Writing all the bills in the world is great,” he said of efforts by congressional lawmakers to prop up the country’s dwindling shrimp fishermen.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, it’s not clear if the housing-purchase ban would need congressional approval or how it would work.
From Barron's
That isn’t a function of money in politics, but the natural cost of communicating to the hundreds of thousands of Americans in a congressional district.
He imposes new ones based on different authorities, some limited in duration or requiring congressional approval.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the details of a possible ban, including whether it would require congressional approval.
From BBC
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