Representatives

one chamber being the House of Representatives and the other chamber being the Senate. While both parts of Congress come together to vote on bills and to review legislation they differ in many parts as well. “The House of Representative was founded in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States”. (Charles Van Doren, senate, britannica.com). The House of Representatives are made up of 435 representatives (also known as congressman or congresswoman) each representative in elected to the position can

Although there are advantages and disadvantages to both a representative government and deliberative democracy the benefits are largely dependant on the context of policy making and whose interests are being considered. A representative democracy is one that is currently in place across Australia and, for the most part, the rest of the world whereby a group of representatives deliberate without unequal distributions to power on behalf of the nations citizens by denoting their beliefs, attitudes and

The U.S. House of Representative Bill 610 is sponsored by Representative Steve King and the House committee is Education and the Workforce. This bill was put into place for “distributing Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools” (Smith.) The significance behind putting this bill into place is to provide a “better” way of education an to get rid of the “waste” we “currently”

to their constituent’s inquiries. The question of whether congressmen are responsive is important. Congressmen act as the representatives of diverse districts and it is part of their duty to act on the interest of their constituents. Responsiveness should be a factor that a district strongly considers when they re-elect a representative. A member of the House of Representative must also display “a sense of identity” with his district, so that they “in turn, can identify with him.” They can portray

The U.S. House of Representatives most important job is creating laws. Every law in the United states start as bills, but before a bill can become a law it has to be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, the President, and the U.S. Senate. All laws start as ideas. Various ideas may come from just a ordinary American citizen or even a Representative. People who have ideas for laws may contact their Representative to share it with them. In the case that the Representative agrees with their

issues was the size of the House of Representatives. During the Constitutional Convention, the delegates proposed that 40,000 citizens should be represented by one congressional district. However, George Washington intervened and argued that 40,000 was too high, and reasoned that 30,000 was more reasonable and allow people to be represented adequately Washington’s proposal was incorporated in Article One, Section Two of the Constitution which states “representatives shall be apportioned among the several

two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The bicameral system was created by the Founding Fathers in order to carry out one of the most imperative functions of Congress, representation amongst other function such as legislation, deliberation and scrutiny. The Senate ensures each state is equally represented with two congressmen, equally the House of Representatives also has to carry out the function of representation but its representatives unlike the Senate are proportioned to the

“Senators come from Canada’s regions, but did not represent them” - J. Patrick Boyer, 2014, 222 This paper will argue that Canada should reform the Senate because it is not representative. Representation is defined as “the action or speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented” (Oxford, 2015). In relation to Senate representation, it is known as the disjointed relationship of Senators with their respected regions and citizens as well as their fiduciary relationship

Examining the Ways a Pressure Group Contributes to Representative Democracy In a representative democracy, citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them. In doing this, citizens hand over the responsibility for making decisions to someone else. In Britian voters elect members of parliament’s (MPs) to represent them every four to five years and this makes the representatives in some way accountable to the electorate. However many are unsatisfied with their

Congratulations on being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. I believe you should be very familiar with the Texas Legislature as you have served as a member of the Texas Legislature for eight years. However, the U.S. Legislature in Washington D.C. is very different from the Texas Legislature while having some similarities. I would like to list some of the similarities and differences between these two legislatures to help you in the transition as the Congress has changed overtime and thus