[CurlyDave]

The House is actually called: The House of Representatives because the members are elected to represent their constituents' interests.

This is the way our government works. I expect that this was skipped in civics classes in Kenya and Indonesia, so our foreign president does not understand the concept. Send him home!

[Kaslin]

That is correct. The House of Representatives is one of two Houses in Congress. The other one is the Senate