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caucus

noun as in group gathered to make decision

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For the first nine months of 2019, Pelosi also stood firm against liberals’ calls to impeach the president, even after a majority of her caucus demanded his ouster – all in the name of her frontliners.

She reportedly urged her caucus members not to be a “cheap date.”

While she didn’t vote for the nuclear bailout bill at the heart of the Householder bribery scandal, 10 Democrats, more than a quarter of her caucus, did.

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Alexander Dobrindt, the deputy caucus leader and a member of the Bavarian branch of Merkel’s bloc, demanded new EU sanctions against Russia.

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The virtual caucus had 5,390 page views from 3,050 unique devices, a spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee told the Blade.

Pat Robertson finished second in the 1988 Iowa caucus, and it was all downhill from there.

In 2008 and 2012, Huckabee and Santorum, respectively won the Iowa Caucus, but did not make it to the finish line.

Both are considered marginal figures in the House GOP caucus and have no real base of support for their respective bids.

Also this week, he keynoted a fundraiser for Progress Iowa, an influential liberal group in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

The House caucus appears to be far more populist, feisty, and ready to push the debate on economic issues than it has in the past.

He represents that vast army of electors whom neither canvasser nor caucus has ever yet cajoled or bullied into a polling-booth.

On the night before the Freeport debate the question had also been considered in a hurried caucus of Lincoln's party friends.

At a signal from the President of the Senate, a military band hidden in one of the caucus rooms began to play the national anthem.

He had not taken his degrees in the caucus and in hack politics.

A caucus of imperial rulers was held at which the Emperor of Germany presided.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to caucus, such as: convention, gathering, meeting, session, assembly, and conclave.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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