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A Member of Congress is a politician who is a member of a Congress. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation This is a list of legislatures by country, whether parliamentary or congressional, that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Parliamentary group and parliamentary party are terms used to refer to the representation of a Political party or Electoral fusion of parties in a The leader or chairperson of a Parliamentary group holds an influential political post in a parliamentary system with strong Party discipline A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries (or by extension Constituent States, or independent organisations (such as different Trade Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or Parliamentary chamber In contrast to Unicameralism, Multicameralism or 'polycameralism' is the condition of having multiple legislative branches of Government. In Government, bicameralism (bi + Latin la ''camera'' chamber is the practice of having two legislative or Parliamentary chambers Thus a bicameral Tricameralism is the practice of having three legislative or Parliamentary chambers Many Parliaments or other Legislatures consist of two chambers (or houses) an elected Lower house, and an Upper house An upper house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Lower house. A senate is a Deliberative body, often the Upper house or chamber of a Legislature or Parliament. A lower house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Upper house. A parliamentary system, also known as parliamentarianism (and parliamentarism in American English) is a System of government in which A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. A councillor or councilor ( Cllr, Coun, Clr or Cr for short is a member of a Local government council such as a A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries (or by extension Constituent States, or independent organisations (such as different Trade In countries with a parliament rather than a congress, MP (Member of Parliament) is used instead; however, this can be adapted (see below). TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.

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Bicameral legislature

Since the United States national legislature is bicameral, there are three different titles for legislators: Senator (Member of the United States Senate), Representative (Member of the House of Representatives) or Congressman/Congresswoman (commonly meaning an individual member of the House of Representatives, synonymous with "Representative"). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation In Government, bicameralism (bi + Latin la ''camera'' chamber is the practice of having two legislative or Parliamentary chambers Thus a bicameral A senate is a Deliberative body, often the Upper house or chamber of a Legislature or Parliament. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.

It is important to note that although it is technically a term for members of either house, "Congressman/woman" is used almost exclusively to refer to members of the House in the United States in formal address. Indeed, it would likely be considered a faux pas to refer to a member of the United States Senate as "Congressman/Congresswoman" instead of Senator.

Member of Congress

A title gaining more and more prominence is that of Member of Congress. The title is now used regularly to describe congressmen, and generally appears as a postscript to the congressman's name. The term has also gained prominence in educational circles, with American political scientists, in a further effort to clarify the issue, using the term "Member of Congress" (MC), to refer to members of both houses, and use Senator and Representative when referring to members of either specific chamber. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems "Congressman/woman" is used occasionally but has the disadvantage of needing to be modified depending on gender. Member of Congress, Senator, and Representative all have the advantage of being gender neutral. A gender-specific job title is a name of a job that also specifies or implies the gender of the person performing that job such as stewardess. Additionally, the specificity of these terms helps people in countries with Parliaments understand the titles in the United States.

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The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The National Assembly is either a Legislature, or the Lower house of a Bicameral legislature in some countries
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