Posted: December 6th, 2016

What are the main responsibilities of representatives and senators?

In an essay of 400–600 words, discuss the following:

• What are the main responsibilities of representatives and senators?
• What are the main responsibilities of the president?
• For the next questions, choose either a U.S. representative or one of your U.S. senators, and review his or her Web site to answer the following questions:
  • How long has he or she served in this position?
  • What party is he or she from?
  • What are a few of his or her accomplishments and goals?
• Has the U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator that you chose to discuss worked with or against President Barack Obama on a particular issue during his presidency?
  • Explain your response in detail.
  • Provide examples of collaboration and support (or refusal of support) of the president from news stories or the representative’s Web site.
  • Be sure to cite the Web site in APA format both as in-text citations and on a reference list.