emergency session
Urgent unscheduled assembly
An emergency session is a meeting convened outside the regular schedule to address an urgent matter.
Legislatures hold emergency sessions to respond to crises—natural disasters, economic collapse, declarations of war: The governor called an emergency session to approve disaster relief funds.
The term applies to any governing body or organization that assembles on short notice when circumstances demand immediate action.
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- breaking newsNewly unfolding events reported
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- conveneFormally gather together
lawmakers · legislation · roll call · midnight · late night · quorum · floor vote · vote · extraordinary · summit · assembly · all hands · adjourn · gavel · chamber · debate · caucus · behind closed doors
- political eventselection, campaign, debate, vote, rally
- summitspeak, summit, summits, apex, pinnacle
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- assembliesdelegates, gathering, Roman Senate, general assembly, debates
- business eventsconference, seminar, annual meeting, workshops, expo
- Security Councilveto power, vetoes, permanent members, China, France
emergency sessionrecess
Pause in activity
adjournment · prorogation · break · hiatus · intermission
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