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Should Congressmen Deserve Responsibility Or Accountability?

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The third component and the one I believe is lacking making a lot of the public is unhappy is responsiveness. In support of the Mayhewian view Carson and Jenkins state that congressmen must be able to fulfill the needs and provide the benefits that his/her constituents need and care about. As previously mentioned, credit claiming, position taking and advertising make up the activities that congressmen use in order to insure reelection. However, I believe the public reelects them with the hope that the job will get done and most of the time that is not the case, therefore causing the majority to be unpleased with the congressman’s performance. The fourth and final component is accountability. Accountability is “… members of congress must be
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