M: Hi Joe! I just saw your roommate coming out of the library. She looks different. Did she get her hair cut or something? W: Yeah, three days ago actually. And hardly any one has noticed. Q: What does the woman mean? | We are going to start today to discuss Congressional aids. That’s the people who worked for our congressional representatives both in Washington and in the representative’s local district. It used to be that members of congress had a relatively a small staff of people working for them. and all of these was are in a primary importance. And now there are thousands of government’s aids. They profoundly affect the whole government works. Congressional aids work in two different notations, one in Congressional representative’s local office t, which they were elected, and two, in Washington. Staff in the local office help members of Congress staying in touch with their districts. These citizens can bring problems in person or by mail or phone. This personal connection between the aids and local people can be helpful when the next election comes around. People remember the help they get from office of local representatives. but as you know, members of congress have to spend most of their times in Washington taking care of their legislative duties. Over 6000 new laws are introduced to the Congress each session, without help, representatives would have trouble keeping up with the proposed laws that directly affect the district. So that’s why the congressional aids play a major role in Washington. They keep the bosses informed about Penular legislation and just keep their local congress representatives up to date and inform what’s going on in other parts of Congress. Now another thing that congressional aids do is to help develop ideas for that their bosses will eventually propose to Congress. This can be called the steps ultra portfolio function. That’s a bit like in business trying to find out what product is most popular. Congressional aids promoted or encourage laws they think will be popular for public. You also got other people work for whole Congress, not just individual member, we will talk about these people next.
