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7/16/2026, 3:58:31 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 0 faulty reasoning types, including no named faulty reasoning patterns yet, with no single egregious example has been isolated yet. Analysis detected 0 faulty-reasoning hits from 66 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 1% (16,515 of 16,550 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the article peer group.

The U.S. 
Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Both chambers are located in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. 
The House of Representatives has 435 voting members, divided among the states based on population. 
The Senate has 100 members, two from each state. 
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