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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Congressioner"
Maybe use that as a gender-neutral replacement for Congressman and Congresswoman?
Congress Person sounds kinda weak.
Congressioner sounds on par with Senator, Governor, Mayor, Commissioner, etc.
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"Congressioner" (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Mar 2022
OP
There are 435 people in the entire group. Do we seen a gender-neutral for them.
bottomofthehill
Mar 2022
#2
Someone's already said "member of Congress," so I'll add "representative."
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2022
#6
Hekate
(90,189 posts)1. Congresscritter
bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)2. There are 435 people in the entire group. Do we seen a gender-neutral for them.
Ohio Joe
(21,655 posts)3. And it is an actual word
rurallib
(62,342 posts)4. congress member or member of Congress
kind of the equivalent of MP in parliamentarian systems.
treestar
(82,383 posts)5. Representative
Better description of what they should be doing
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,886 posts)6. Someone's already said "member of Congress," so I'll add "representative."
{edited} Well, somebody got that too.
bucolic_frolic
(42,661 posts)7. CongRep
Ocelot II
(115,267 posts)8. Congressbeast?