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Party Member, Delegate for District, Scrutineer of Governments. Which of these or Other Roles of Members of Congress Would He/She Consider to be Most Important?
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Party Member, Delegate for District, Scrutineer of Governments. Which of these or Other Roles of Members of Congress Would He/She Consider to be Most Important? The roles of members of Congress - Congressmen - are many and varied. Much like MPs in Britain they are responsible for representing the interests of a certain area and group of people. In America, this can be a whole State (for a Senator) or a district of approximately 600000 people (for Representatives). As members of political parties, congressmen also have a role to fulfil as scrutineers of governments, both through their voting in Congress and their membership of Congressional committees. Finally, Congressmen are all members of political parties, mostly the Republicans or the Democrats. Although party affiliation in American politics is a lot less important than it is here in Britain, members also have a role to play as party members, and therefore national representatives...
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