ONLY USE SOURCES: CONGRESS AND ITS MEMBERS AND THE POLITICS OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION AND ANY OTHER READINGS FROM THE COURSE 2-3 PAGES EACH QUESTION 1. Your Congress and Its Members and The Politics of Elections texts talk about many different facets of representation. Unlike your Unit 2 Journal question, this question focuses solely on the concept of “descriptive” representation. What does this concept mean and how well does Congress descriptively represent the American people? Be thorough here and give numerous examples, referring to the “116th Congress Demographics” reading. (For example, does Congress do a good job of representing women? Younger Americans? Lower-class Americans?) Does it really matter whether Congress “looks like” America? Why or why not? 2. Committees are key institutions within the Congress that help process the legislative workload. First, discuss the key features of the composition of committees: how members choose committees on which to serve, how members are assigned to committees, how chairmanships are assigned, and how party ratios on each committee are determined. Second, explain what committees actually do. What are their roles and tasks? Lastly, committees are sometimes in tension with the parties and party leadership. Explain the ways in which they often are at odds with each other. Should parties have more control over committees and members in general?