The United States and most Latin American nations have congress, Great Britain and most Western European nations have parliaments. A person becomes a member of a parliament such as the British House of Commons by being nominated by party leaders, voters generally choose between parties and parliaments tend to be made up of people loyal to the national party leadership who meet to debate and vote on party issues.
A person becomes a member of the United States Congress by winning both a primary and a general election, elections in which personalities are usually most important to voters. A congress tends to be made up of people who think of themselves as independent representatives of their districts or states and who while willing to support …show more content…
This makes members of Congress more, not less powerful, because they can vote on proposed laws without worrying that their votes will cause the government to collapse. Because Congress is constitutionally independent of the president and because its members are not tightly disciplined by party leaders, members are free to express their views, to vote as they wish, and to become involved in the details of creating laws, and supervising agencies.
Because members of the parliament have little independent power, they receive poor pay, few perquisites, little or no office space, and virtually no staff. But even the most junior member of the US House of Representatives has power and is rewarded accordingly.
Congress is not a single organization, it is a vast and complex collection of organizations by which the business of Congress is carried on and through which members of Congress from alliances. Unlike the British Parliament, in which the political parties are only important kind of organization, parties are only one of many important units in Congress.
Congress has the power to do many things, some examples are, The power to borrow money, declare war, lay and collect taxes, regulate commerce with foreign nations among the states, provide militia, and create courts inferior to the Supreme
A person becomes a member of the United States Congress by winning both a primary and a general election, elections in which personalities are usually most important to voters. A congress tends to be made up of people who think of themselves as independent representatives of their districts or states and who while willing to support …show more content…
This makes members of Congress more, not less powerful, because they can vote on proposed laws without worrying that their votes will cause the government to collapse. Because Congress is constitutionally independent of the president and because its members are not tightly disciplined by party leaders, members are free to express their views, to vote as they wish, and to become involved in the details of creating laws, and supervising agencies.
Because members of the parliament have little independent power, they receive poor pay, few perquisites, little or no office space, and virtually no staff. But even the most junior member of the US House of Representatives has power and is rewarded accordingly.
Congress is not a single organization, it is a vast and complex collection of organizations by which the business of Congress is carried on and through which members of Congress from alliances. Unlike the British Parliament, in which the political parties are only important kind of organization, parties are only one of many important units in Congress.
Congress has the power to do many things, some examples are, The power to borrow money, declare war, lay and collect taxes, regulate commerce with foreign nations among the states, provide militia, and create courts inferior to the Supreme