congress

noun | con·gress

1. : a formal meeting of delegates

2. a : the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially a republic

   b : a single session of the U.S. legislature — see also house of representatives, senate

   a : the U.S. legislature as it is composed for an enumerated two-year period the 101st Congress

   b : a single session of the U.S. legislature — see also house of representatives, senate