Choose the correctly spelled word: The Senate and the House are parts of ____.

CONGRESS is on the USCIS WRITING VOCABULARY list under CIVICS terms. The correct spelling is 'C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S' (note the double 's'). A common dictation sentence is 'Congress meets in Washington' or 'Citizens can vote for Congress.' On the writing test, the applicant writes a sentence dictated by the officer and must get one of up to three correct. Practicing the spelling of civics words like Congress, which has a commonly misspelled double 's,' helps applicants write dictation sentences correctly on the naturalization test.