in the Congress vs at the Congress

Both 'in the congress' and 'at the congress' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'In the congress' is used when referring to someone being a member of the legislative body, while 'at the congress' is used when referring to someone attending a meeting or gathering of people.

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in the Congress

This phrase is correct when referring to someone being a member of the legislative body.

Use 'in the congress' when talking about someone who is a member of the legislative body, such as a senator or representative.

Examples:

She works in the congress as a senator.
He has been serving in the congress for ten years.

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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 Congress
in the legislative body
as a member of the congress
as a congressman
as a congresswoman

at the Congress

This phrase is correct when referring to someone attending a meeting or gathering of people.

Use 'at the congress' when talking about someone attending a meeting or gathering of people, such as a conference or convention.