What is Congressional caucus?
A '''congressional caucus''' is a group of members of the [[United States Congress]]. They meet to try to make common [[Legislature|legislative]] goals. [[Caucus|Caucuses]] are created as '''congressional member organizations''' ('''CMOs''') through the [[United States House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate]]. They are governed under the rules of these [[Chambers of parliament|chamber]]s. They are sometimes called conferences (especially Republican ones), [[coalitions]], study groups, task forces, or working groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40683.pdf|title=Congressional Member Organizations: Their Purpose and Activities, History, and Formation|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> Many other countries use the term [[parliamentary group]]. For example, the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] has many [[all-party parliamentary group]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_81000/81876.stm|title=All-party Parliamentary Groups|publisher=BBC News|date=August 20, 2008|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|politics|US}} [[Category:Legislative branch of the United States government]]