depends on if it is a senator or a representative...
senate- half of the state's population
rep- divide the number of representatives in that state by the state's population
overall- divide the number of representatives plus two (senators) by the states populatoin
Congress doesn't elect new members. The people from their state elect the people who will represent them in Congress.
Members of Congress are elected by the people of their state and so represent the political aims of those people.
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Their constituents* and their political party (mostly democrats or republicans)*Constituents are the people that members of Congress Represent.
Because they represent the people.
Members of Congress have been elected to represent their constituents, or people living in the district that has elected them.
Each U.S. Senator is supposed to represent the state from which he/she was elected. Each U.S. Representative is supposed to represent the people of the congressional district from which he/she was elected.(Note that I did not state that a Representative is supposed to represent a congressional district or that a Senator is supposed to represent the people of a state.)
The Constitution gives the Congress the taxing and spending power. The people are the ones that votes for members of Congress, hence they have a voice in tax laws via selecting members of Congress who represent their views.
The Member's vote may not represent all oof the people he or she serves. - nova net
Congress does not represent the people, they represent special interest or large corporations that are able to afford a certain level of bribery. The people are referred to as sheeples, or cash cows by congress in congress. Outside of congress they call the people " districts ".
The citizen-voter residents of their Congressional DIstrict.
The people that elected them to Congress.