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the people and organizations involved in some aspect of government

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a part of a government consisting of people who have been elected to make laws

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a group of people who have been elected in order to discuss issues and make decisions affecting a particular region

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the people employed to run government organizations

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a group of members of a government who are chosen by the leader of the government to give advice and be responsible for its policies. In the British political system, members of the cabinet are called cabinet ministers and each minister is usually the head of one of the main government departments, such as Health or Defence

the US Congress

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a group of politicians within a political party who have special interests or responsibilities

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the elected officials who govern a city: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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the council members and officials who manage a city

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a group of people who are chosen or elected to make laws in some countries

the group of people in the US who are elected to make laws. It consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate

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the elected officials who govern a local area such as a city or county: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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in the UK and some US counties, a group of people who are elected to govern a county

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a group of people elected to manage and make decisions about public services in a particular area of the UK

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government ministers or senior opposition politicians

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the people who control a country, region, or town and make decisions about its laws and taxes: followed by a singular or plural verb

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the members of the main political party in a parliament, or the members of the cabinet (=the group of politicians with the most important jobs) in a system with a parliament

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the US congress

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a group of military officers that governs a country, usually without having been elected

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a group of people who are elected to create laws in a particular area, especially a US state

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a village council

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the local government in some small areas in England

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an official elected group of people in some countries who meet to make the laws of the country and discuss national issues

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the members of a political organization who do not want the organization to change

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a committee organized by the government of the UK whose job is to consider a particular issue

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a group of senior people within a government or organization

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a small group of politicians who are chosen to find out about a particular subject and then make a report

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one of the elected government councils that ruled the ussr when it existed in the past

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a group of people who are responsible for making decisions about public services in a town

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a group of people chosen or elected to govern a town

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the government officials and other people who work at a town hall

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a committee of members of the US House of Representatives that considers laws about money spent by the government. Its full name is the ‘House Committee on Ways and Means’.

all the government officials in the UK who work in these departments

the people chosen by voters in individual states to elect the president and vice president of the United States