Brief contrast of Congress and Parliament

Congress and Parliament have many differences including the meaning of their names, Congress meaning "a coming together" and Parliament "to talk." Both consisting of members representing their local districts, the way in which these members are selected are far different from one another. In Britain, local committees of national political parties select the members of parliament and the voters choose between national parties. In the United States, a person would have to run in a primary to get on the election ballot and the voters choose based on more so on personality rather than polit…