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This function gives the number of the Congress for a specified calendar year.
congress_in_year(year)
A positive whole number.
Either a number or a Date object. Cannot be earlier than 1789, the year of the first Congress.
A new Congress begins in every odd-numbered year, starting in 1789. For example, 2021-2022 was the 117th Congress.
congress_in_year(1800) congress_in_year(2022)
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