{"id":43838,"count":1,"description":"A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations (such as trade unions), or groups.\nThe term was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequent to the use of congress by the U.S. legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas, to refer to their legislatures.\nThe following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations:\nCountries with Congresses and presidential systems:\nCongress is included in the name of several political parties, especially those in former British colonies:\nMany political parties also have a party congress every few years to make decisions for the party and elect governing bodies. This is sometimes called a political convention.\nCongress is an alternative name for a large national or international academic conference.\nFor...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/congress\/","name":"Congress","slug":"congress","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/43838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=43838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}