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(US politics, historical) Dominance over the House of Representatives and its discussions and debates, like that exerted by Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926), Republican politician.
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(informal) A white paper published in July 2018 outlining the relationship the UK was seeking with the European Union after Brexit.
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The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the fifth and seventh speech (of a total of eight).
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The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the sixth and eighth (last) speech.
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(UK politics, Canadian politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
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A member of a confederation.
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The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
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(US, derogatory, slang) A congressperson
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(informal, derogatory) A congressperson.
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(UK politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
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(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
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Archaic spelling of federalist. [(politics) Advocate of federalism.]
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(politics) An administrative political organ in Communist governments, responsible for communications, scheduling, agenda preparation, etc.
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Chief officer or leader of a political party or organization, especially in Communist contexts.
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(government, politics) A parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority.
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politician who researches the possible coalition options before a new cabinet is formed, particularly in one of the Benelux countries
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(politics, US, US politics) The January 6 United States Capitol attack.
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Alternative form of Lagting [(politics) The quasi-upper house of the parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009.]
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(politics) Alternative form of Leader of the Opposition [(politics, UK) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), the parliamentary leader of the largest political party not forming the government.]
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(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for re-election.
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(UK, politics, colloquial, derogatory) Members of Parliament who vote according to the party line but otherwise contribute little or nothing.
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(politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
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(UK politics) A code of conduct for government ministers in the United Kingdom.
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(politics) minority government
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(US, federal politics) In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.
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(politics) Mixed-member proportional.
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Alternative form of Odelsting [(politics) The quasi-lower house of the parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009.]
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The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the first and third speech (of a total of eight).
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The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the second and fourth speech (of a total of eight).
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(historical) Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
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Support for a parliamentary system of government.
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(politics) a person in charge of a political party.
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(politics) Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required.
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(politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
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(UK politics, historical) A coalition committee that resolved party disputes during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
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The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.
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(Canada) A local wing of a federal, provincial, or (in Yukon) territorial political party, consisting of the members of the party living in one riding, legally recognized by the relevant electoral authority, and conducting local partisan actions such as nominating the party's candidate for elections.
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(Australia, politics) Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
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a senior group of opposition politicians who shadow the members of the government
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In British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio.
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a current member of parliament.
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The defence of the sovereignty of individual European countries in the face of broader European or European Union integration.
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Alternative spelling of superdelegate [(US, politics) A member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention to help select a nominee for president.]
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(US, politics) A member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention to help select a nominee for president.
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(UK politics) A directive to MPs from party leaders to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite what the MP might believe or what his or her constituents might like.
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(UK politics) Communication channels between the government and the main opposition party, used to discuss matters pertaining to the business of parliament.
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Alternative form of Westminster system [(politics) A democratic parliamentary system of government, used by and modelled after the British parliament in Westminster.]
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(politics) A democratic parliamentary system of government, used by and modelled after the British parliament in Westminster.
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The convention in the United Kingdom that restricts the police and intelligence services from tapping the telephones of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
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