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joint session

noun

  1. a joint meeting, as of both houses of a bicameral legislature:

    The president addressed a joint session of Congress on the crisis in Central America.



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of joint session1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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In his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, Trump complained that countries across the globe place tariffs on U.S.-made goods.

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After the joint session of Congress last month, he walked down to the Supreme Court justices in attendance and shook Chief John Roberts' hand saying, "thank you , thank you, I won't forget it."

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The president, whose campaign website promised to “end censorship and reclaim free speech,” and who bragged to a joint session of Congress that he “brought free speech back to America,” has launched a fairly massive effort to punish not just protests on America’s college campuses — a cause that arouses some sympathy from me when those protests venture outside the confines of mere speech — but also on school curricula and internal policies.

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As compared to the debacle that was his meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress last week was an opportunity for Trump to revel in his power as president and leader of the American "spectocracy."

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President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress in five years this week.

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