congressional

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We all make mistakes, but few of us are chided by the president of the United States or summoned to testify before a congressional committee as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal

This marked the first time a former first lady and former president were speaking to a congressional committee under subpoena.

From The Wall Street Journal

Samuel Morse changed the news business forever when he electronically transmitted the results of a congressional vote in Washington, DC, to a newspaper in Baltimore across a copper wire back in 1844.

From Literature

The highly anticipated appearance by Bill Clinton on Friday will represent the first time a former US president has testified to a congressional panel since Gerald Ford did so in 1983.

From BBC

“We don’t see this happening,” Tobin Marcus, Wolfe Research’s head of U.S. policy and politics, told clients in a research note, describing the proposal as expensive and needing congressional approval.

From MarketWatch