congressionally
Through legislative action
By action of or relating to a congress, especially the United States Congress.
Laws are congressionally mandated; agencies are congressionally authorized; funds are congressionally appropriated.
The word appears almost exclusively in formal, legal, or political contexts: The program was congressionally funded through 2025.
Amount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enactmentPassing into law
- amendmentChange to official text
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
resolution · codification · committee · subcommittee · hearing · markup · oversight · cloture
Involving both major parties
- partisanBiased toward one side
- caucusParty selection meeting
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
incumbent · gerrymandering · midterm · whip · campaign · platform · voting · election
Change in position
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- recessPause in activity
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
parliamentary · quorum · unanimous · recorded · objection · yielding · recognition · suspend
bill
Amount owed, written
appropriation · resolution · codification · committee · subcommittee · hearing · markup · oversight · cloture · filibuster
bipartisan
Involving both major parties
- partisanBiased toward one side
- caucusParty selection meeting
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
lobbying · incumbent · gerrymandering · midterm · whip · campaign · platform · voting · election · nominee
motion
Change in position
deliberation · parliamentary · quorum · unanimous · recorded · objection · yielding · recognition · suspend · adjourn
congressionallyexecutively
In administrative authority style
presidentially · judicially · administratively · bureaucratically · unilaterally
congressionallyunofficially
Without formal recognition
unauthorized · extralegally · informally · illegally · extrajudicially
- congressional investigationLawmakers probing governmental matters
- congressional oversightLegislature monitoring executive branch
- congressional debateFormal lawmaker discussion
- congressional districtArea electing House member
- congressional hearingOfficial governmental fact-finding session
- congressional testimonyFormal statements to lawmakers