The 17th Amendment gave voters the right to elect senators
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The Senate
The legislative branch includes the law-making branch in federal government. Office-holders of the legislative branch include members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
In the United States and most democratic nations, the actions of office holders are monitored in more than one way. As it is impossible for an individual to follow all the actions of office holders, the news media covers the publicly known actions and thus the citizens have an idea about what actions are taking place. Internally, the government itself has created methods to monitor itself. As an example, the Congress has committees that monitor the Executive Branch of the Government. The Executive Branch has the FBI, as one example to monitor the actions of office holders. In summary, the means and ways to monitor the actions of office holders, are done by the news media and internally the Government itself has created committees and organizations to monitor each part of the Government.
Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.Citizens participate in governing by voting and running for public office.
The right to recall officials from office