Role of Senators and Representatives (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards

Communicate, legislate, committees, lobby exec, casework

Face-to-face events where constituents raise concerns directly

Members vote strictly according to constituents' expressed views

Members vote based on their judgement of constituents' best interests

Edmund Burke (18th century British MP & political thinker)

Federal money allocated to secure congressional support, not need

$400m bridge to island with 50 people; infamous pork barrel example

Directing federal funding to specific project in member's district

More than 90%

Individual: serving constituents; Descriptive: demographic makeup