0 (a meeting of) a small group of people in a political party or organization who have a lot of influence, or who have similar interests:
The new Senator has expressed her intention to join the Women's Caucus and the Progressive Caucus.
During a private caucus last Wednesday, more than 200 G.O.P. lawmakers argued for four hours over the proposal.
The initial selection is made, not by the electorate, but by party caucuses or committees.
1 in the US, to be a member of a country's law-making group and meet with other members of your own or other parties to discuss and support a particular cause:
2 a meeting of the people who run a political party to plan activities and to decide which people the party will support in an election
the Congressional Black Caucus
3 a group of people with influence or an interest in something who meet to consider a particular issue or problem:
4 in the US, a meeting held to decide which person a political party will support in an election:
party/Democratic/Republican caucus The amendment would have eliminated the party caucus system for choosing candidates.
The Canadian Prime Minister expelled her from the Liberal caucus.
The Arizona Representative wouldn't comment to reporters on what he said in the caucus.
Not only was he the choice of his party's nominating caucus, but he had served longer at the national level than his rival candidates.
There was a risk of him crossing the aisle and caucusing with the Republicans.
He had threatened to quit caucusing with the Democrats if he lost the chairmanship of the committee.
Republicans were caucusing in the cafeteria.
The Senator said they were caucusing to work on the financial package and would continue until they were ready to vote on a budget.
