How important are political parties to the decision-making process involved in Congress and what role do they play in answering the question of does democracy works in the United States?
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Carolina Twombly 03/14/02 PS100B: The US Congress Final Paper How important are political parties to the decision-making process involved in Congress and what role do they play in answering the question of does democracy works in the United States? A debate in political science revolves around what controls the choices made in Congress. In my analysis of the articles on parties and Committees, a question arises as to whether or not the parties of the governmental system matter to controlling Congress. Many of the articles point to yes parties do matter. Yet there are many ways in which party government is viewed. Still these different views of party control in the US Congress maintain the basic fact that the party is the main influence for decision-making by members and for the control of all aspects of legislation. However, Party government is not the only view of how Congress works. Other measures of legislation...

