"The voters are fully informed as to how their elected representatives stood on the issue."

Surely New York voters deserve to know where their representatives stand on such an important public issue.

"I think people need to know what's going on and where their representatives stand," he said.

Therefore, said an American, Washington's representatives will stand "just outside the door," whispering to both sides.

The representatives stand with their arms at their sides without moving or talking.

But the public has a right to know where their representatives stand on issues.

The plan will open the agenda of the House and let the American people see how their representatives stand on spending priorities.

One by one the parliamentary representatives stood, turned away from the coward, and departed.

The representatives of the Church stood huddled together, off to one side, surrounded by armed guards.

At a recent gathering, representatives from 15 neighborhoods in eastern Baghdad stood one after another to explain why they should be chosen to lead.