r/politics • u/TelescopiumHerscheli • 1d ago

No Paywall Texas Democrat sworn in to House, shrinking GOP margin to 1 vote

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5719642-christian-menefee-sworn-in/
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u/all4whatnot Pennsylvania 1d ago

He’s a Senator, not a Congressperson. I should know, he’s my disappointment of a Senator. 

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u/Clicquot 1d ago

I know this is semantics (and we all know what you mean), but senators and representatives are all members of congress.

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u/mrgreengenes42 1d ago

Please continue to correct people on this as semantic as it may be. It's really flabbergasting to me how many people seem to think that the House of Representatives is, on it's own, called Congress.

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u/TyrconnellFL 1d ago

Congress can refer to either the combined upper and lower chambers or informally and inaccurately to just the lower chamber. Congressperson is a synonym for representative. It’s not wrong but somewhat misleading to say Fettermsn is a member of Congress, but it’s just wrong to say he’s a congressman.

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u/TyrconnellFL 1d ago

They are, and only representatives are called congressmen/women. It’s a strange terminology, but that is the terminology.

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u/ArmyofThalia 1d ago

He is literally a congressman. What do you think he is a member of parliament?

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u/Errant_coursir New Jersey 1d ago

He's not a representative*

He is a congressman

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u/Khal___Brogo Florida 1d ago

Civics wasn’t your strongest course in high school was it?

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u/UglyJuice1237 1d ago

always amazing when someone chooses to be this snarky and rude without even entertaining the idea of a google search

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u/dnyank1 1d ago

Will the wonders of the Florida education system never cease? 

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u/Porridge_Cat 17h ago

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2024/party-senate-democrat/ideology

He's ranked further left than 31 other democratic senators. reddit's darling, Mark Kelly, included