Member Decides To Vote

In the learning module, "How a Member Decides to Vote" my experience as I participated in the activity was very enlightening. I heard for all kinds of people with different backgrounds, ages, genders, and viewpoints. The different viewpoints presented regarding the issue of the "flag amendment” were strongly for the bill and strongly against the bill. Not one person present were neutral in what they believed should happen in regards to the “flag amendment”. Those that were strongly for the bill generally had a very good sense of reasoning. Some bill supporters were Tony Lorenza from the American Veterans for the Flag and nine years old Brooke Brown who won the national essay contest. What they said, for me had helped shape a solid part of the decision whether to vote yay or nay on the bill for the flag. One of the many points Tony had said was that “The flag is a symbol of freedom and democracy. To ruin the flag is to spit in the face of all we hold dear in this country.” As I thought about this, I found myself moving
Those that make this don’t realize that they congressmen have to worry about a lot of present things now, such as national and local problems, before they can worry about the future. “Members of Congress compromise too much” is a popular public criticism, because most think their congressmen had sold them out and didn’t stand their ground. Again what they don’t realize is their congressmen work really hard to represent their districts and over 1000 people have to agree on something, which is difficult seeing that we are all different, making compromise a