Are we really living in a representative democracy?
Anthony Akubue
Every day as I watch the news, the phrase democracy by representation repeatedly roams my mind. With what I see unfolding before my eyes, I keep asking myself if representative democracy is what we still have in our great country. Why does it appear as if senators and representatives in the United States Congress no longer carry out the wishes of those they represent, even when polls indicate what a majority of them want?
The honorable Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader from the great state of Ohio, said he would see to it that no Senate Republican would vote for President Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill, and they didn’t.
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Congressional candidate wants federal judge to order DeSantis to schedule election to replace Alcee Hastings
Sun Sentinel 4/29/2021 Anthony Man, South Florida Sun-Sentinel © Anthony Man/South Florida Sun Sentinel Elvin Dowling, of Miramar, a candidate to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, at Hispanic Vote candidate forum in Dania Beach on April 28, 2021. Dowling, a former Hastings intern, is a reverend, chairman of the Palm Beach Harvest food bank, and author whose most recent book is Still Invisible? Examining America s Black Male Crisis.
A candidate who wants to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Gov. Ron DeSantis, claiming multiple violations of the Constitution because the governor hasn’t scheduled a special election to fill the vacancy created by Hastings’ death.
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