Has "congressman" ALWAYS meant "representative, not senator"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nice discussion, Neal.  There's no telling what politicians mean, is there?

JL

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> wrote:

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