0 a person who takes part in a conference
1 a member of the US Congress who is discussing a possible new law:
House and Senate conferees have been struggling this week to finalize new telecommunications legislation.
The court-review provision was dropped, and the conferees made it clear that the secretary of agriculture could promulgate regulations to define combination drugs as new drugs.
One hopes these many distinguished conferees had more pointed suggestions to offer in the informal concerns of this conference than are recorded in this, its written record.
In addition to working in the bookstore or as a lifeguard, she performed most evenings for the collegiate conferees during the years, 19721973.
The conferees also agreed to bar states from canceling sections of their planned interstates to use the money for mass transit.
Each house determines the number of conferees from its house.
The second house then insists on its amendment, agrees to a conference, and appoints conferees.
About half of these have been awarded at commencement ceremonies, and in most of these cases, the conferee has given the commencement address.
He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic conferees.
