Argumentative Essay On House Of Representatives

The House of Representatives is the only body of leaders directly elected by the people of the US government, according the United States Constitution. That, of course, has changed as Senators now are elected by the states they represent, but the sentiment of the House of Representatives has not changed. They are accountable to their constituents far more so than Senators are to their states. That is because the House works together to make the laws and also create the federal budget each year. These exercises of power should be acted on by people citizens of the United States have voted to represent them. However, there are several institutional problems that are preventing the House from working as efficiently and with the most constituents

However, the system that has been in place for centuries is no longer doing its job. Elections operate on a winner take all system: if one candidate gets more than fifty percent of the vote, even if it is just fifty-one percent, they are the representative for the district. This brings down accountability: the congressman or woman is only accountable to his party members in the new hyper partisan climate of our country. The constituents who did not vote for him or her are not represented in the House of Representatives. Doesn’t that sound odd? Also, with laws that cater to incumbents rather than new candidates, it often takes years to see the district have a new representative. This system is leaving millions of Americans off the floor of congress, and there are solutions to change

They use a ranking system for all of their city council. Sometimes they ask their voters to rank twenty candidates, but voters are encouraged because their voices are being heard when they vote. As Penrose says, Cambridge has better representation of racial, political, and other minority groups in their city council because of the FairVote reforms. The only obstacle is to educate the public on these reforms so they can talk to their congressmen or their city council. Cambridge has shown the system works, FairVote and other supporters of electoral reform are now trying to spread information about how electoral reform would be