con-gress n. knog-gris; v. kuhn-gres 

-noun

1. A legislative body that prevents anything important from being implemented.

2. A representative body that is more concerned with partisan bickering, special interest groups, and political power grabs, then they are with actually representing the interests of their constituents.

3. A formal meeting of representatives that develop several parliamentary procedures designed to impede any laws from being passed through a simple majority vote. This allows the party leaders to hold more power then the average legislature; thus allowing the leaders to manipulate the legislative process to fit their own ends.

4. A group of elected representatives that must sell their influence to special interest groups and political party bosses in order to get elected.

-verb

1. To impede progress

2. Partisan bickering

3. To argue incessantly without coming to any agreement.

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