Congress Dbq

At its core Congress should act as a representative body. Congress should seek to represent their constituents and ideals the constituents voted for. Moreover, at its core America is supposed to elect a barometer of the public opinion. Americans representatives should strive to represent the people that elected. The ability to participate in a national legislative body through electing a representative is the function of a free republic. Taken to extremes, if a type of representative democracy did not happen, than congress would be free to do whatever it wanted. The real question, is how much can the elected representative shift from the ideals of their constituents. They are human beings with ambitions and goals. The constitutions of congress
people are not facsimiles of each other, they have differing opinion of certain issues. Consequently, this fact of life makes it more difficult to be a congressperson. Still, this does not change the core duty of a congressman, which is duty to represent their constituents to the best of their ability.
Avoiding the corruption of Washington politics and entrenched political parting requires that congress people use the public’s opinion to guide their decision.
Obviously, it is difficult to keep track of a representatives every move in the deep dark chamber of congress[Doc G]. In some congress people’s opinion, this anonymity leads them to believe that they don’t have any responsibility to their constituents. This is a classic example a a psychological phenomenon called groupthink, in which anonymity provides a cover for risky and generally worse decision. But, because of the anonymity and the feeling of a responsibility to political parties, the central goal of a legislator can be skewed. A solution to this problem could be the increasing involvement people in the processes of democracy[Doc D]. This should also be the goal of the congress people, not ties to an established political party or group. The people need to be constantly engaged in the processes of their democracy, not only the presidential election. Politicians have to be elected consistently, this should not be intertwined with getting in the favor of political organizations they are associated with [Doc C]. Establishing a role to the people, and the people a role creates a system beneficial for everyone involved. Then political election will be the result of what policy they make, and what policies people vote
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Even more essential to the core processes of the nation is establishing a fair democracy.
When citizens become faithless in the core principles of democracy, than that democracy will fail. The congress people have no role in enforcing their specific leaning on their thousands of constituents[Doc B]. It might be the case that legislators become overconfident in their abilities to be a free agent in terms of legislating. When legislators lose focus of the purpose of democracy, than America become more of an oligarch than it does a democracy. As JFK said, “[saying] f the people... would deny the obligation of a representative to be bound by every impulse of the electorate”[Doc A]. This is especially true in context in the context of a democracy. It becomes infinitely regressive for an elected official to disagree with the conclusion their constituents fall upon. This denies the autonomy of a whole population of concerned citizens to participate in the governmental system. The governmental system become corrupts when elected officials become the center of the political system. They say why not this change, then why agree with any other decision that the electorate has. This creates a dangerous system that would not be possible if the congress people were more directly tied to the decisions of the people who elected
them.
The congress people carry with them, the responsibility of a nation. Although, the weight upon the people of congress may seem unbearable, that does not deny them the responsibility to accurately represent the people that elected them. When the bias that results because of established political parties eschew actual policy decision, the government is not effective. To continue America’s presence as a democracy, the established representatives have to listen to their constituents.