All of the following are responsibilities of members of congress except: a) writing reports for the president b) being present for votesc) doing office workd) assisting their constituents

C) doing office work.

The members of Congress are the body of legislators that work in the bicameral legislature of the United States (the House of Representatives and the Senate). Their responsibilities include representing and aiding their constituents, being present for votes in Congress and writing reports. However, they usually do not perform office work. This work is performed by administrative assistants.

patroisim means doing the rightt thing and sstading up for people basically saying patrosim leads to good things

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