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Congress of Racial Equality
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), founded in Chicago in 1942 by James Farmer, George Houser, and others from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was an interracial civil rights organization that pioneered nonviolent direct action, sit-ins, the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, the 1961 Freedom Rides, and Freedom Summer, before shifting to Black Power in 1966 under Floyd McKissick.
Congress of Soviets
The Congress of Soviets (Съезд Советов) was the all-Russian assembly of soviets; its Second Congress in Petrograd in October 1917 took state power and formed Lenin's government.
Congress of Soviets of the USSR
The Congress of Soviets of the USSR (Съезд Советов СССР) was the supreme organ of state power of the Soviet Union from 1922 until it was replaced by the Supreme Soviet in 1936.
Congress of the Confederation
Congress of the Confederation (United States in Congress Assembled): unicameral US legislature under the Articles of Confederation, March 1781 to March 1789, one vote per state, succeeded by the federal Congress.
Congress of the People (South Africa)
The Congress of the People was a multi-racial assembly of about 3,000 delegates held at Kliptown, near Johannesburg, in June 1955, which adopted the Freedom Charter.
Congress of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines: bicameral national legislature under the 1987 Constitution, a 24-member at-large Senate plus a House of Representatives of up to 250 district and party-list members; traces its history from the Malolos Congress through martial law to the 20th Congress.
Congress of the Yaroslavichi at Vyshgorod
The Congress of the Yaroslavichi at Vyshgorod (Съезд Ярославичей) was an 1072 gathering of the three ruling princes of Kievan Rus', Izyaslav, Svyatoslav, and Vsevolod Yaroslavich.
Congress of Tres Cruces
The Congress of Tres Cruces, or Congreso de Abril, was an 1813 assembly of Banda Oriental deputies convened by José Gervasio Artigas outside besieged Montevideo, producing the Instructions of Year XIII.
Congress of Tucumán
The Congress of Tucumán (Congreso de Tucumán) declared the independence of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from Spain on 9 July 1816.
Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna (1814–1815), Wiener Kongress: post-Napoleonic conference led by Metternich that redrew Europe's map, created the German Confederation, and produced the Final Act of 9 June 1815.
Congress of Visegrád (1335)
The Congress of Visegrád was a diplomatic summit held in November 1335 at Visegrád, Hungary, where the kings of Hungary, Poland, and Bohemia settled territorial disputes and allied.
Congress of Westphalia
The Congress of Westphalia was the peace congress held at Münster and Osnabrück from 1643 to 1648 that negotiated the Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War.
Congress Poland
Congress Poland (Królestwo Polskie, Kongresówka) was the semi-autonomous Kingdom of Poland created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 from the Duchy of Warsaw in personal union with Russia; it lost autonomy after the 1830 and 1863 uprisings and was industrialized under Russian rule until 1918.
Congress Socialist Party
Congress Socialist Party (CSP), founded 1934 within the Indian National Congress by Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Dev; advocated independence and democratic socialism, played a major role in Quit India, left Congress in March 1948 to form the Socialist Party.
Congressional Apportionment Amendment
The Congressional Apportionment Amendment, Article the First of the twelve amendments proposed September 25, 1789, would have tied House size to population with districts capped at 50,000 people; it was never ratified and remains open-ended.
Congressional Baseball Game
Congressional Baseball Game, annual Democrats vs Republicans baseball game of US Congress members, founded 1909 by Rep. John Tener, revived 1962 by Speaker McCormack, now a Nationals Park charity fundraiser run by Congressional Sports for Charity.
Congressional baseball shooting
The Congressional baseball shooting was a June 14, 2017 attack by James Hodgkinson on a Republican practice for the Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Virginia, wounding Representative Steve Scalise and others before police shot him dead.
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC): organization of African American U.S. House and Senate members, founded 1971 from Charles Diggs's Democratic Select Committee; 62 members in the 119th Congress, chaired by Yvette Clarke, known as the "Conscience of the Congress."
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, also known as the Congressional budget act, is a US federal statute that created the congressional budget process and the Congressional Budget Office.
Congressional Budget Office
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) produces budget projections, cost estimates for pending legislation, and economic forecasts for the United States Congress, created in 1974.
Congressional caucus
Congressional caucus: informal member groups of the U.S. House and Senate organized by ideology, issue, region, or identity, plus official party caucuses and conferences. Historically nominated presidents (1796-1836, King Caucus); House CMOs register with the House Administration Committee under 1999 rules; members may caucus with a party.
Congressional district
Congressional district: one of 435 geographic areas electing a U.S. House member, redrawn by states after each decennial census for roughly equal population under one-person-one-vote, with Voting Rights Act protections and state-set criteria.
Congressional Gold Medal
Congressional Gold Medal: the highest civilian honor awarded by the U.S. Congress, first given to George Washington in 1776; requires bicameral and presidential approval, distinct from the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Medal of Honor.
Congressional pension
A congressional pension is a defined-benefit annuity paid to former Members of Congress from the federal retirement fund, based on years of service and highest three-year salary.
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC): progressive bloc of about 100 U.S. House and Senate members founded in 1991 by Bernie Sanders and five House colleagues, chaired by Greg Casar, known for its Progressive Proposition Agenda and 2021 infrastructure vote leverage.
Congressional staff
Congressional staff are employees of Members, committees, leadership offices, and congressional agencies who support legislative, constituent service, and administrative work. House staff grew from 8,831 (1977) to 9,247 (2023); modern staffing dates to the 1946 Legislative Reorganization Act.
Congruence Therapeutics
Congruence Therapeutics is a Montreal-based biotechnology company, founded in 2021 by Clarissa Desjardins, that uses computational drug discovery to design small-molecule correctors for protein misfolding diseases.
Congruent Cosine
Congruent Cosine is a venture capital fund manager in Oakland, California, led by Joshua Posamentier and Abraham Yokell, with roughly $130 million raised across 2023 and 2024 funds.
Congruent Ventures
Congruent Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Joshua Posamentier and Abe Yokell, investing at the earliest stages in North American climate and sustainability companies.
Congzhan
Congzhan (从展), also Baofu Congzhan, was a Chan Buddhist monk who died in 928, taught at Baofu Temple in Fujian, and appears in Song koan collections.