congresswoman
noun
con·gress·wom·an
ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-ˌwu̇-mən 
: a woman who is a member of a congress
especially
: a woman who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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The Colorado congresswoman won 43% of the vote, with 89% of the ballots counted, according to the Associated Press.
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Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 June 2024
And her husband, Jayson Boebert was charged with assault among several other charges in January 2024 after police responded to an incident involving the congresswoman.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
As other border measures have failed to gain GOP votes in Congress, the first-term congresswoman, trained as a pediatrician and the daughter of immigrants from Mexico, drafted her own immigration package focused on expanding resources to receiving cities and funding law enforcement.
—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
The congresswoman also suggested Bragg might have broken the law in pursuing the case against Trump.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 June 2024
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Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 June 2024
And her husband, Jayson Boebert was charged with assault among several other charges in January 2024 after police responded to an incident involving the congresswoman.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
As other border measures have failed to gain GOP votes in Congress, the first-term congresswoman, trained as a pediatrician and the daughter of immigrants from Mexico, drafted her own immigration package focused on expanding resources to receiving cities and funding law enforcement.
—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
The congresswoman also suggested Bragg might have broken the law in pursuing the case against Trump.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 June 2024
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congresswoman
noun
con·gress·wom·an
-ˌwu̇m-ən
: a woman who is a member of a congress
especially
: a woman who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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