4330 Former Congressman Charged with Ballot Stuffing, Bribery, and Obstruction - Democrat, of course. (www.justice.gov) posted 267 days ago by queenicarius 267 days ago by queenicarius +4330 / -0 115 comments share 115 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (115) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – Kornstalx 2 points 267 days ago +2 / -0 Congress is the Senate and the House combined, at least in the US. You could say he was in the House, and you could say he was in Congress, but you couldn't imply the Senate is not in Congress. permalink save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – r_u_srs_srsly 3 points 267 days ago +3 / -0 that's cool but let's not pretend they don't differentiate and call members of the house "congressmen" and members of the senate "senators" permalink parent save report block reply
Congress is the Senate and the House combined, at least in the US. You could say he was in the House, and you could say he was in Congress, but you couldn't imply the Senate is not in Congress.
that's cool but let's not pretend they don't differentiate and call members of the house "congressmen" and members of the senate "senators"