How do political parties affect the structure or processes of congress?

Influence on  decision-making power

Explanation:

The political parties in the congress are constantly fighting each to other for the achievement of their convictions through the vote, in this order of ideas the decision-making power would depend of the quantity of senators per political party, if there are many senator in an specific party the election process will be influence in a mayor measure  by those votes.

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.

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