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in congress vs in the Congress

Both 'in congress' and 'in the congress' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'In congress' is used to refer to the general concept of being a member of a legislative body, while 'in the congress' is used when referring to a specific legislative body, such as the United States Congress.

Last updated: March 29, 2024

in congress

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the general concept of being a member of a legislative body, without specifying a particular legislative body.

Examples:

  • She served in congress for over 20 years.
  • Being in congress requires a strong commitment to public service.
  • He'll turn out to be yet another Wall Street lackey just like everybody else in congress.
  • Thanks to you and your colleagues in congress, we have fairly broad powers to detain and interrogate.
  • Obviously he should not be in congress...
  • She says they needed to keep me in congress.
  • I still have a few friends in congress.
  • After 22 years in congress, I can smell which way the wind is blowing.
  • He just feels much more at home in congress.
  • Today, I resign my seat in congress.
  • My friends in congress have just voted to lift my building restrictions.
  • He thinks you'd be the perfect candidate for the open seat in congress.
  • Garrett has thought long and hard about this, and he's decided we need you to stay in congress.
  • We put that money to a lot better use than those yokels in congress ever could.
  • We put that money to a lot better use than those yokels in congress ever could.
  • As the only single mother in congress, I have a unique perspective on what it's really like out there for millions of hard-working families.
  • You know, holding this, I am starting to believe that Mel Burka could be in congress.
  • Let me represent this district in congress, and I will serve your interests!
  • Of the 200 women that have ever served in congress, over 40 were Congress-men's widows.
  • Mobilize our AmWorks allies in Congress.
  • New Hampshire won't stand for him buying a seat in Congress.
  • Some people in Congress might have a problem with that.

Alternatives:

  • serving in congress
  • working in congress
  • participating in congress
  • being a member of congress
  • holding a seat in congress

in the Congress

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to a specific legislative body, such as the United States Congress.

Examples:

  • The bill was passed in the congress last week.
  • She was a prominent figure in the congress during the 1990s.
  • Let me at this point appeal to our American colleagues in the Congress and the Senate.
  • We were able to fulfil part of our delegation duties, we met members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Congress and had some very useful, although very sad discussions with them.
  • You did not invite us to the start of the Spanish Presidency, and you summed up in the Congress before here.
  • Finance spokesperson for the Partido Popular on the Committee on the Economy and Finance in the Congress of Deputies.
  • If we were to raise interest rates at a meeting, and someone in the Congress didn't like that, and said, "I want the GAO to audit that decision,"
  • On Friday afternoon and Saturday morning last, I was invited to take part, and duly did so, in the Congress of the Transnational Radical Party in Geneva. Moreover, I have also applied to join this party and been accepted as a member.
  • However, a new draft law was introduced in the Congress on 21 May 2015 and it proposes the extension of the three subsidy schemes for the period between 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2016 [18].
  • Something our friends in the congress will debate.
  • In a country which had just gone through this wrenching crisis, the vote in the congress in favor of this constitutional amendment was 124 to one.
  • His job is to speak as often as possible of the nation's desire for peace while he acts as a business agent in the Congress for the military and their contractors.
  • As to whether the mood in the Congress permits a solution which would enable the requisite amendment to the legislation to amend Title 4, I cannot answer that either.
  • Some weeks ago a number of us had the opportunity to visit Washington and to speak not only with under-secretaries at the State Department but also with our counterparts in the Congress, the Senate and various scientific institutions.
  • "Fight in the Congress", she say, "fight in London, "fight in France, fight here, fight there.
  • The sympathy vote in the congress will give your anti-gun bills... passage by a landslide.
  • Guatemala is a presidential republic, in which legislative power is vested in the Congress.
  • Obama operatives in the Congress have introduced more than 10 bills that would end the Second Amendment as we know it.
  • Is something... something our friends in the Congress will I will be very surprised if they will countenance an attack on slavery.
  • What you never understood in the congress...
  • But if they decide to talk about Europe today as they were in the Congress of Vienna two centuries ago, then there is nothing to do.
  • NSA Director, Raymond Burke, annouced spoken alphabetically upgrade... was not available in the Congress... and we were getting breaking news now out of Bangkok, Thailand.

Alternatives:

  • in the legislative body
  • in the parliament
  • in the senate
  • in the house of representatives
  • in the assembly

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