CONGRESSMAN, CONGRESSWOMAN
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ Democratic, Republican
▪ conservative, liberal
▪ local
▪ leading
▪ incumbent
▪ four-term, eight-term, etc.
▪ freshman (AmE)
▪ former
VERB + CONGRESSMAN/CONGRESSWOMAN
▪ elect (sb), re-elect (sb)
▪ He was elected congressman in 1997.
▪ lobby
▪ contact, write
▪ Many people have written their congressmen with complaints.
CONGRESSMAN/CONGRESSWOMAN + VERB
▪ call for sth
▪ a leading congressman who's calling for a crackdown on illegal aliens