Joe Walsh
Wm. H. Taft was NEVER a member of the US Congress.
Theodore Roosevelt was NEVER a member of the US Congress. Hew was, however, a member of the New York State Assembly.
Barack Obama was a US Senator from Illinois but is not currently a member of Congress.
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checks and balances
The difference between a parliamentary legislature and the the US legislature is primarily the separation of powers. In a parliamentary legislature, the head of the executive (Prime Minister) is also a member of parliament, whereas in the US the President cannot be a member of Congress.
Yes, a member of congress can be arrested while driving to work. If the person is breaking the law, they are subject to the same laws as every other citizen in the US.
Congressmen must be at least 25 years old, have been a US citizen for seven years or more and when elected live in the state they represent.
In 1846, the American Party had its first member elected to the House of Representatives. It was a party member from Philadelphia, Lewis Levin.
He was never a member of the US House of Representatives however he was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the President of the Constitutional Convention.
The Delaware General Assembly has a 41 member House of Representatives and the state has one member of the US House of Representatives.