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Meaning of "contempt of congress"
contempt of congress: a disregard or disrespect for the authority or proceedings of a legislative body, particularly the United States Congress; This phrase is typically used in legal and political contexts
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- The act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees.
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You are under arrest for contempt of congress.
Contempt of Congress.
You are in contempt of congress.
In the matter of we find the defendant guilty of contempt of Congress.
Held in contempt of congress.
We find the defendant guilty of contempt of Congress.
We can get around contempt of Congress but not this. Not violating the Espionage Act.
Everybody in this country has contempt of Congress.
We can get around contempt of Congress but not this.
And if she fails to appear she should be held in contempt of Congress.
The Hollywood Ten were cited for contempt of Congress and sentenced to prison terms.
A very similar attitude towards a legislative body is termed contempt of Parliament or contempt of Congress.
They all went to jail on contempt of Congress charges.
Nixon faced three articles, obstruction of justice, abuse of power and contempt of Congress.
Black charged MacCracken with Contempt of Congress on February 5 and ordered him arrested.
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Nobody in Congress seems to care about this contempt of Congress.
The Statement was a response to the contempt of Congress charges against the so-called " Hollywood Ten.
Mr and Mrs Macabee have just been cited for contempt of congress.
The charge, contempt of Congress.
Senator Sorenson threatens to hold Scully in contempt of Congress.
Later he was convicted of contempt of congress in the Air Mail scandal in 1934.
Blacklisted and later indicted for contempt of Congress.
All were charged with contempt of Congress.
When he refused to answer questions, he was convicted of contempt of Congress.
Or you will be held in contempt of Congress.
This tactic failed, and the ten were sentenced to prison for contempt of Congress.
What? You are in contempt of congress.
Failure to appear before the committee . You are under arrest for contempt of congress.
All were imprisoned for contempt of Congress.
After the hearing, some lawmakers suggested Barr should be held in criminal contempt of Congress.
He was given a year for contempt of Congress.
Now we have the first Attorney General in contempt of Congress.
We will be cited for contempt of Congress.
The House of Representatives voted to cite him for contempt of Congress.
All right . You are in contempt of Congress.
He 's a fugitive from justice . Howard Stark is not only in contempt of Congress.
Howard Stark is not only in contempt of Congress.
Dalton Trumbo, we find the defendant guilty of contempt of Congress.
It 's off to jail . The charge, contempt of Congress.
He was imprisoned for three months in 1950 for contempt of Congress.
As a result, a judge found Miller guilty of contempt of Congress in May 1957.
The Hollywood Ten were cited and convicted for contempt of Congress and jailed.
This Committee cites witness for contempt of Congress.
For his intransigence, he was found in contempt of Congress.
In all likelihood, we will be cited for contempt of Congress.
For now, all I can do is hold you in contempt of congress.
Following his actions, Ebbers was threatened with contempt of Congress charges.
After years of wrangling, The charge: contempt of Congress.
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