Representation Of Congress

1. There are many ways in how a congress person can represent the American people. There are two kinds of representation for a congress person, which are sociological and agency. Sociological is type of representation, in where representatives have the same cultural background or traits as their constituents. For example, if a congress person has the same ethnic as their constituents, the people will feel that they are well representative at national level. The second principle is called Agency representation, which is a type of representation where the constituents have the power to hire and fire the representatives of their state. I believe that Agency representation is the best for the people because the constituents have power to choose …show more content…
The process of how bill becomes a law through the structure Congress. The institutional structure of Congress is one of the factor that helps shape the legislative process. Secondly, the importance of equally is another factor that rules of congressional procedure. These are two factor that are needed to introduce a bill. A bill can originate from the House or the Senate, but only the House can introduce money bills. Once the bill is introduced, it is referred to the committee where the bill is examined. If the committee does not act quickly the bill die. In fact, most of the bills die in the committee system. Later, the bill is referred to the subcommittee for study and hearing, where experts or other public offices support the legislation. After the hearing is complete the bill is label as ‘mark up”, where the committee makes some changes. Once the “mark up” is completed the committee have to make a report of the bill, where the committee votes for recommendations to the house or the senate. This is where the voting and the debate take place. Once the senate or the House pass the bill, the bill is referred to another chamber of committee. This chamber may approve or rejected. If is pass, the bill is taken to the conference committee action, where the Senate and the House must come to an agree if they want the bill to pass. When both house reach an agree, the president must sign it, in order the bill to become law. If the president does not take action during the take …show more content…
The Senate and the house are able to check each other by rejecting bills that were introduce in one of the houses. I think the senate has more authority over the executive branch because the senate is capable of passing laws by overriding the president veto. In addition, the Senate approves the presidents appointments. The only power that the executive branch has is the president veto. If congress wants to pass a law, but the somewhat the president refuses to sign it. Congress must vote to override the veto of the