<span>Lawmakers in Congress today often vote along party lines, that is, favoring the Democratic or Republican party's stand on an issue. By contrast, in the nation's early history lawmakers tended to vote as representatives of their states, rather than as representatives of a political party.</span>
The area of the Indian Subcontinent is 4.4 million km^2 whereas the USA is <span>9.8 million km². this means that the Indian Subcontinent is around half the size of the US</span>