ADJ
- international, national, world
- annual
- party
- all-party
- founding, inaugural
- emergency
- extraordinary
- full
VERB + CONGRESS
- attend, go to
- Three hundred delegates attended the Liberal party congress
- address
- convene, hold
- organize, schedule
- open
- The general secretary opened the congress on global warming
- close
CONGRESS + VERB
- take place
- agree to sth, approve sth, adopt sth
- The congress agreed to the tax-cutting package
- call for sth
- elect sb
- vote
PREP
- at a/the ~
- We met again at the annual congress
- in ~
- It was a year before the association met again in congress
- ~ on
- a congress on language in education
CONGRESS + VERB
- approve sth
- Congress approved most of the new powers
- pass sth
- Congress passed a series of important measures
- vote
- Congress voted to delay a decision
PREP
- in ~
- The Liberals in Congress felt the reforms did not go far enough
PHRASES
- a member of Congress, a session of Congress
- legislation for the next session of Congress