If con is the opposite of pro, and progress is good, what is Congress?

This is a pun built on a false-but-funny bit of word logic: if “pro” is good and “con” is bad, then “progress” must be good—so “Congress” must be the opposite. The joke leverages English morphology (prefixes and roots) to produce a cynical political punchline, implying that the legislature obstructs rather than advances the public good. Its appeal lies in its simplicity and portability: it can be delivered as a one-liner, a classroom quip about prefixes, or a piece of populist satire about governmental gridlock and self-interest. The humor depends less on linguistic correctness than on shared frustration with politics.

1) “If pro is the opposite of con, and progress is good, what is Congress?”
2) “If ‘pro’ is the opposite of ‘con,’ and ‘progress’ is good, what is ‘Congress’?”
3) “If con is the opposite of pro, and progress is good, what is congress?”