One concern raised by a civic group is the Council's Democrats use of closed political caucuses.

Most of the mischief grew out of the legislature's political caucuses.

Members are organized into political party-based caucuses.

She founded several chapters of the women's political caucus, including its Northern Virginia chapter, before becoming involved with the national organization.

"We had no desire to have this be a political caucus."

The Senate Democrats are the first political caucus to hold up an effort to change an already adopted budget.

We make billions of dollars by giving speeches, by holding business meetings, by attending political caucuses and dinners.

Where a political caucus includes every Council member but one, and the agenda is government business, there can be no right to privacy.

Now, in most big states except New York, voters do the picking in primaries or political caucuses.

A formal straw poll is common in American political caucuses.