Tra từ Congress - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·gress [congress congresses] BrE [ˈkɒŋɡres] NAmE [ˈkɑːŋɡrəs] noun
1. countable a large formal meeting or series of meetings where representatives from different groups discuss ideas, make decisions, etc
•an international congress of trades unions
2. countable + singular or plural verb Congress(in the US and some other countries) the name of the group of people who are elected to make laws, in the US consisting of the Senate and the ↑House of Representatives
• Congress will vote on the proposals tomorrow.
3. countable + singular or plural verb used in the names of political parties in some countries
•the African National Congress

Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting an encounter during battle): from Latin congressus, from congredi ‘meet’, from con- ‘together’ + gradi ‘walk’.

Culture:
Congress is one of the three branches of the US federal government, the legislative branch. Congress is bicameral, i.e. it has two houses, the ↑Senate and the ↑House of Representatives. The main job of Congress is making laws. Before a new law can be made, both houses have to pass it, and it must then have the approval of the President. In a system of government based on a series of checks and balances, the two houses of Congress act as a check on each other, as well as together forming a check on the powers of the executive branch, especially the President.
note at ↑federal government
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Thesaurus:
congress (also Congress)noun C+sing./pl. v., usually sing., U
•Congress will vote on the proposals.
parliament • • assembly • • senate • • house • • chamber • • council • |formal legislature •
convene congress/parliament/the legislature
the congress/parliament/assembly/senate/house/chamber/council/legislature votes (for/on) sth
the congress/parliament/assembly/senate/house/council/legislature passes a resolution/bill/law, etc.
Congress or parliament? A parliament makes laws, which are then put into effect by a group of people selected from within it; a congress makes laws, which are put into effect by a separate group of people.

Collocations:
Politics
Power
create/form/be the leader of a political party
gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress
start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution
be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle
lead/form a rival/breakaway faction
seize/take control of the government/power
bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime
abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy
establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government
be forced/removed/driven from office/power
resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister
enter/retire from/return to political life
Political debate
spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate
engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over sth)
get involved in/feel excluded from the political process
launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement
join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement
criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government
lobby/put pressure on the government (to do sth)
come under fire/pressure from opposition parties
Policy
call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)
formulate/implement domestic economic policy
change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy
be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy
reform/restructure/modernize the tax system
privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services
invest (heavily) in/spend sth on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure
nationalize the banks/the oil industry
promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts
a/the budget is approved/ (especially NAmE) passed by parliament/congress
Making laws
have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate
propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution
introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures
amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation
veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution
get/require/be decided by a majority vote
more collocations at ↑economy, ↑voting

Example Bank:
•Congress adjourned for the year without approving an economic stimulus package.
•Congress annually enacts legislation to fund NASA.
•Congress appropriated $75 million for the program.
•Congress approved most of the new powers.
•Congress authorized $18 billion to launch the program.
•Congress debated the issue at length.
•Congress is currently considering legislation that would authorize the US nuclear weapons laboratories to study new types of nuclear weapons.
•Congress passed a series of important measures.
•Congress voted to delay a decision.
•It was a year before the association met again in congress.
•Outraged, he took his case to Congress.
•President Fujimori suspended Congress and the judiciary.
•The Liberals in Congress felt the reforms did not go far enough.
•The Republican congress applauded this news enthusiastically.
•The committee will call a national congress of 1 000 delegates.
•The congress agreed to the tax-cutting package.
•The general secretary opened the congress on global warming.
•They will have to go to Congress to get the money.
•Three hundred delegates attended the Liberal party congress.
•We met again at the annual congress.
•We wanted to offer the congress participants a greater diversity of content.
•Within two years of coming to power, he dissolved Congress and the courts.
•a congress on language in education
•legislation for the next session of Congress