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caucus
[ kaw-kuhs ]
noun
- U.S. Politics.
- a local meeting of party members to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
- a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
- Often Caucus. a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
verb (used without object)
- to hold or meet in a caucus.
verb (used with object)
- to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus:
The subject was caucused.
- to bring together or poll in a caucus:
The paper caucused its new editorial board on Friday.
The chairman caucused the water pollution committee before making recommendations.
caucus
/ 藞办蓴藧办蓹蝉 /
noun
- a closed meeting of the members of one party in a legislative chamber, etc, to coordinate policy, choose candidates, etc
- such a bloc of politicians
the Democratic caucus in Congress
- a group of leading politicians of one party
- a meeting of such a group
- a local meeting of party members
- a group or faction within a larger group, esp a political party, who discuss tactics, choose candidates, etc
- a group of MPs from one party who meet to discuss tactics, etc
- a formal meeting of all Members of Parliament belonging to one political party
verb
- intr to hold a caucus
caucus
- A meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates, choose convention delegates, plan campaign tactics, determine party policy, or select leaders for a legislature.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of caucus1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of caucus1
Example Sentences
The caucus of opposition MPs says that by suspending the chief justice before the Supreme Court had ruled on these lawsuits, Mahama had "violated" due process.
The Democratic-led Latino caucus announced a dozen bills as legislative priorities, over half looking to protect the state鈥檚 immigrants from Trump-era immigration polices.
"We are still talking about the same party, the same caucus," the Bloc's Blanchet said.
Sanders, a political independent who caucuses with the Senate Democrats, said in an interview that in the two years before Trump was reelected, Democrats held a slim majority in the House but achieved 鈥渧irtually nothing.鈥
The caucus also reaffirmed a promise to maintain funding for Medi-Cal, the state鈥檚 healthcare program that insures 15 million low-income Californians and has run billions above estimates since last summer.
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