The voters of the district elect them.
A congress member's constituents are the people he or she is elected to represent. They share a similar location as they all live in the congress member's home district.
The oldest member of the 112th Congress is Congressman Ralph Moody Hall, who represents the 4th district of Texas and turned 89 on May 3, 2012. The youngest member of the 112th Congress is Congressman Aaron Schock, who represents the 18th district of Illinois and turned 31 on May 28, 2012.
A member of the House is responsible for all the people of their district and should vote in their interest. With that being said, there is no reason why another member can not take up the cause of someone from another person's district.
No, it should be CONSTITUENTS. The Preamble is the introduction to the Constitution.
duysd There are 435, one district for each member of Congress. It gives them something to do.
constituent service or casework
I believe that is simple. The answer is solar power. What is that?
Representatives and Senators need only to be representatives of the State which they will represent, not the congressional district (for representatives). See Article I of the Constitution.
The Senator represents the entire state the Representative is elected in the district they live in.
Congress members try to get these projects because those are government projects and grants that primarily benefit the home district or state.
Members of Congress have been elected to represent their constituents, or people living in the district that has elected them.