Congress Project

by Rindi Sanders

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Jelly Bean

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Cameron Davis

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Congressional Session

• This is the 109th Congressional Session.

• Members of Congress- 541

Total Number Congress

Senators

House ofRepresentatives

District of Columbia

CongressMembersfromTexas

John Corryn

•Year Elected- 2002•Elected twice•Reelected in 2008•Political Work- District Judge, Texas Supreme Court, and Texas Attorney

Senator

Kay Bailey Hutchison• Year Elected-1993

• # of terms- 3

• Reelected-2000, 2006

• Political Works- Senate Committee, Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee

Senator

Joe Barton• 6th District• 3 of total Texas reps- 35• Year elected- 1984• Served from 1985- 2010• Political Works- assisted V.

president, aide to energy sec. James. B. Edward, natural gas consultant to congress

• Home town-Waco, Texas• Extra info- Barton and his wife Terri

have homes in Ennis and Arlington, Texas. He has four children, two stepchildren and five grandchildren.

Representative

Senate Leaders

President of the Senate

• Year elected -1971• Terms served -6• Year up for re-election -2016

• Previous political work -Senator from Delaware, Chairman of the Senate

Foreign Relations Committee • Home State -Pennsylvania

• Got married in 1977 to Jill Jacobs, Biden’s first wife, Neilia and 1-year old daughter,

Naomi, were killed.

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Pres. Pro Tempore

• Year elected -1952• Terms served -9• Year up for re-election -2012• Previous political work –

Longest serving Senator in our Nation in 2006, has tried to help expand healthcare.

• Home State –West Virginia• Cast more than 18,645 roll call

votes, Mrs. Byrd died on

March 25, 2006, he got married in 1937, earned his law degree from American University in 1963

Robert C. Byrd

Majority Leader

• Year elected -1995• Terms served -4• Year(s) up for re-

election -1971 and 1977

• Previous political work –Attorney

• Home State-Nevada• He’s Mormon

Harry Reid

Minority Leader

• Year elected- 1978• Terms served -5• Year(s) up for re-

election –Not re-elected

• Previous political work –Congressional Aide, Attorney

• Home State –Alabama

• He’s Baptist

Mitch McConnell

Asst. Majority Whip

• Year elected -1983• Terms served -3• Year(s) up for re-

election -not re-elected

• Previous political work -Attorney

• Home State -Illinois• He’s Catholic

Richard Durbin

Asst. Minority Whip

• Year elected -1987• Terms served -3• Year(s) up for re-

election -1987• Previous political

work -Attorney• Home State -

Nebraska • He is Presbyterian

Jon Kyl

House Leaders

Speaker of the House

• Year elected- 1987

• Terms- 12

• Year of re-election-

• Political work- no prior political work

• Extra info- Catholic, born in 1940

Nancy Pelosi

Majority Leader

• Year elected- 2006• Terms- 15• Year of re-election-

2008• Political work-

Maryland Senator, 1967-79

• Extra info- He’s Baptist

Steny Hoyer

Majority Whip

• Year elected- 1993• Terms- 9• Year of re-election-

2002, 2006• Political work- South

Carolina Human Affairs Commissioner, 1974-1992

• Extra info- African Methodist Episcopal

James Clyburn

Minority Leader

• Year elected- 1988• Terms- 10• Year of re-election-

2008• Political work- Ohio

House, 1985-1991• Extra info- He used to

be a business man

John Boehner

Minority Whip

• Year elected- 2000• Terms- 5• Year of re-election-

2008• Political work- Virginia

Assembly, 1992-2001• Extra info- He’s

Jewish

Eric Cantor

Current Event 1

• Started in 2007, a money bomb is a internet fueled one-day fundraising blitz. It relies on “small donors” to generate “big dollars.” It is to a traditional fundraiser what a home-run derby is to a baseball game

Money Bomb

Current Event 2

• The healthcare reform has been one of the biggest issues facing our nation since President Obama came into office. It finally got voted in and that caused anger and happiness in American homes and minds. The healthcare bill states that every American gets healthcare even if they can’t pay for it. Some people think that this would make taxes go up and others think that their money will ‘disappear’ quicker because they think that the government will take money out of their own accounts. However those Americans who like the idea of healthcare believe that it will benefit our nation and the American people.

Healthcare