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Tuesday, March 6, 2018


Our Congress

I’ve written of this before but to no avail. Ignorance persists. Despite the fact that its definition is specified by law, i.e. the Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section I, people, from the President of our country to those at the lowest ranks of our society insist on erroneously addressing members of our House of Representatives as “Congressman”. Even our national media persists in advocating this fiction, their responsibility for accurate reporting notwithstanding. I think it’s downright disgusting and irresposible.

A member of the House of Representatives is no more (or no less) a Congressman than a Senator. The official title of a member of the U. S. House of Representatives is Representative. The official title of a member of the U. S. Senate is Senator. Both of them are Congressmen (or woman, of course). The U. S. House of Representatives is termed the “Lower House” of our Congress. The U.S. Senate is termed the “Upper House” of our Congress. The U. S. Congress (consisting) of both is the legislative body of our government.

This is important to know. When someone, anyone, uses the title Congress or Congressman, insist he define his terms. When you see a sign “Vote for ‘John Doe’ for Congress”, question as if he is asking you to vote for a candidate for the “House” or of the “Senate”. The Congress of the United States of America is one of our three equal (in power) branches of government: Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), and Legal (Supreme Court). This of which I speak is not minor. It is fact. It is important—basic to your understanding of how our government works.

In the meantime, this is Ronald Miller at www.sageobserver.blogspot.com
  

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