In an essay of 400-600 words, discuss the following:
What are the main responsibilities of representatives and senators?
What are the main responsibilities of the president?
For the next questions, choose either a U.S. representative or one of your U.S. senators, and review his or her Web site to answer the following questions:
How long has he or she served in this position?
What party is he or she from?
What are a few of his or her accomplishments and goals?
Has the U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator that you chose to discuss worked with or against President Barack Obama on a particular issue during his presidency?
Explain your response in detail.
Provide examples of collaboration and support (or refusal of support) of the president from news stories or the representative's Web site.
Be sure to cite the Web site in APA format both as in-text citations and on a reference list.