Chapter 7 Congress

How does the U.S. Congress, as it exists in its current structure, support and/or limit authentic representation? Congress supports authentic representation because of the way it is set up. Authentic representation is derived from the fifty States who elect and “send representatives to Washington. The reason every State is included in representation is so every State is considered while deciding laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the following powers and responsibilities of the capacity to declare war; to build support, and control the Army and Navy; to collect taxes, borrow money, and pay debt; to control immigration; to regulate commerce and set rules for overseas trade; to create courts inferior to the Supreme Court; and to establish networks of post offices and roads. Taking into consideration how much responsibility is behind all of the foregoing powers it is impossible not to have a flaw or two in the representatives of congress and the system in which each member works. A fascinating theory about congress is found in the works of John Locke, who placed legislature at the center of his vision for a good political system; unlike others who envisioned a monarchy. The role of congress is to balance powers to insure the country is never ruled in the manor of a monarch or dictatorship; it insures democracy. Congress limits authentic representation because the house and the senate are not made up by an equal amount of representatives from each state. Also Congress members do not have enough guaranteed time in office to focus on issues at hand as opposed to their personal career. Members of congress are also being ridiculed and judged unfairly based on a few unprofessional members accepting bribes; providing that all of congress is corrupt. A wider set of broad national concerns along with particular preferences and specific interests of all of the districts could be better focused on if the pressure to get reelected was taken away by not being able to serve more than one consecutive term and the corrupt greed to better ones career was taken away by having one single base salarie an no chance of gaining more money; only the chance to lose it. Here is a question, "why is congeress only split into two powers? why not give them a break and add a few more to help delegate the responsibility and power a little more thouroughly for a longer period of time?"