Congressmen

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Mar 24 17:27:37 UTC 2012


Are overseas citizens being permitted to vote for both houses, or
just for the National Assembly and not the Senate?  (Wikipedia says
voting for the Senate is indirect, but it seems, not unexpectedly,
not to address this question.)

Joel

At 3/24/2012 11:05 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>Isn't "The Congress of France" the phrase used in English to represent the
>combined houses of the French parliament when it is convened for non-voting
>purposes? For example, when the President of France gives his "State of the
>Republic" address?
>
>It seems to me "congressmen" is an appropriate term for members of either
>the National Assembly or the Senate.
>
>DanG
>
>
>On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Dan Goodman <dsgood at iphouse.com> wrote:
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> >  From the Wall Street Journal's web page:
> > French Cross Oceans for a Vote
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> > French people living abroad, for the first time, will have the
> > opportunity to elect congressmen to represent them in France's Parliament.
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