acts of Congress
Passed legislative measures
Acts of Congress are laws passed by the United States Congress and signed by the president.
The phrase often appears in expressions emphasizing that something is beyond anyone's power to change or prevent: It would take an act of Congress to get him to change his mind.
This figurative use suggests bureaucratic impossibility or extreme difficulty.
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- federal lawStatute from central government
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- legislative processHow statutes get enacted
- statuteEnacted written rule
bill · floor vote · Civil Rights Act · Affordable Care Act · regulation · rider · resolution · code · signing ceremony · amendment · Homestead Act · Patriot Act · appropriation · cloture · Voting Rights Act · bicameral · Capitol Hill · veto
acts of Congressexecutive orders
Presidential directives with legal force
presidential proclamations · executive actions · judicial rulings · court decisions · royal decrees
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