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Congressional caucus
A
congressional caucus
is a group of members of the
United States Congress
that meets to pursue common legislative objectives. Formally, caucuses are formed as
congressional member organizations
(
CMOs
) through the
United States House of Representatives
and governed under the rules of that
chamber
. In addition to the term caucus, they are sometimes called
coalitions
, study groups, task forces, or working groups. Many other countries use the term "
parliamentary group
"; for example, the
UK Parliament
has an
all-party parliamentary group
.
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