Us Congress Research Paper

The US Congress is the national legislative body of government that consists of the Senate and the House of Representative. When people think of the word congress they most likely think of this definition, but congress is so much more. The US Congress is the reason we have all the laws that keep us safe. The word congress means coming together and legislature means making law, which put together congress means coming together to make laws, which is exactly what they do. Congress is a locally elected body of government that makes national policy. Which leads to congressional districts; Congressional district is when a state is divided into districts and each district elects one member to represent the national House of Representatives. According to Richard Fenno, “People run for Congress by running against Congress”. This means that people love the people that they elect to be in congress, but they just do not like the job that congress does. People love their congressman due to the fact that they feel as if they had a say so in congress due to the fact they were the one that voted for the congressman. Also I feel that people love their congressman because he addresses the problems in your district and tells you that he will do his best to get whatever it is you want passed in Congress, but actually getting it passed in Congress seems about impracticable. You can also consider representative and lawmaking as a reason people dislike Congress but like their Congressman. Representative is a person who look out for the interests of those who elect them; I would see as the elected congressman to represent your district, and lawmaking is the creation of policy to address the problems and needs of the entire nation. Take in account that this definition said the whole nation, not just your district. The newest data on American’s approval of Congress shows that only 16% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, a number essentially unchanged from the beginning of 2013. At the same time, 46% of Americans approve of the job their individual congressional representative is doing. People like the fact that they choose who they want to represent their district but due to lawmaking what might be important in their district might not be important to the entire nation. I live in Locust Grove, Georgia, which is in the third district of Georgia. Congressman Lynn Westmoreland is the representative for the third district of Georgia, and represents the third district as a republican. …show more content…
As of 2010, Georgia’s third district has been relocated and shrunk. Until 2010 we were the 3rd largest districts out of the whole state and now we are the 8th largest districts out of the 14 districts. Out of the 14 districts we have in Georgia, 10 of them are republican and 4 are Democrat. This seems to be an example partisan gerrymandering. Partisan gerrymandering is redistricting controlled by the majority party in the state’s legislature, to increase the number of districts that a party can expect to carry. I believe this is partisan gerrymandering due to the fact that the third district used to be one of the largest districts, but mostly everyone in the district would vote republican. Which makes me believe they moved the third district to get more republican votes where the third district used to