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Contempt of Congress

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deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Contempt of Congresses
possessive
Contempt of Congress's
pluralpossessive
Contempt of Congresses'