Gang of Eight

English

(US politics, informal) A set of eight leaders within the United States Congress who are briefed on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch.
- 2010 September 28, Marc Ambinder, “A Step Forward for Oversight of Intelligence”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:
  If the President were to inform the Gang of Eight that he signed a covert action finding to overthrow the government of Canada, he would be required to tell others at least something about the finding.
(US politics, informal) A set of eight leaders within the United States Congress for fiscal matters.
- 2012 November 14, Sophie Quinton, “Michael Bennet: Debt Deal Depends on Boehner-Obama Agreement”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:
  First Washington had the Gang of Six, six senators seeking a bipartisan agreement on reducing the nation's debt. Now there's the Gang of Eight, eight senators seeking an agreement on dodging looming end-of-year spending cuts and tax increases.