Returns detailed information for a specified congress.

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/v3/congress/117
::

"congress": {
  "endYear": "2022",
  "name": "117th Congress",
  "number": 117,
  "sessions": [
    {
      "chamber": "House of Representatives",
      "endDate": "2022-01-03",
      "number": 1,
      "startDate": "2021-01-03",
      "type": "R"
    },
    {
        "chamber": "Senate",
        "endDate": "2022-01-03",
        "number": 1,
        "startDate": "2021-01-03",
        "type": "R"
    },
    {
        "chamber": "House of Representatives",
        "endDate": null,
        "number": 2,
        "startDate": "2022-01-03",
        "type": "R"
    },
    {
        "chamber": "Senate",
        "endDate": null,
        "number": 2,
        "startDate": "2022-01-03",
        "type": "R"
    }
],
"startYear": "2021",
"updateDate": "2021-01-12T20:05:52Z",
"url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/congress/117?format=json",
}
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