The United States Association of Former Members of Congress was
founded in 1970 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational, research
and social organization. It has been chartered by the United States
Congress and has approximately 550 members who represented American
citizens in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
The Association promotes improved public understanding of the role
of Congress as a unique institution as well as the crucial importance
of representative democracy as a system of government, both
domestically and internationally.
Citizens and businesses are far better served if the people making
the laws understand fully the impacts those laws will have. The U.S.
Association of Former Members of Congress brings together decision
makers from the United States and other countries so that they will
learn, among other things, what impact their laws will have on each
other. Face-to-face meetings remind lawmakers that their decisions
affect people and peoples` businesses and help them understand the
differences in cultures, economies and political processes that shape
everything from national security to trade policy.
How a former Members should view the Congress
by Hon. Lee Hamilton
Association`s 2007 Report to Congress
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