What role do political parties play in the organization of congress

Take a moment to consider other countries and their form of government. select a country that does not utilize the same form of democracy that the united states uses, identify the country you chose and compare their form of government to the u.s. how are the different types of government the same? how do they differ? which type of government do you think is more beneficial to it's citizen's?

Which form of civic participation allows citizens a chance to influence local government?

If you were to measure the distance from earth to saturn, would you use au? why?