CONGRESS PROJECT

By: Tyler Smith & Schyler Witt

The Congress

There are 541 Congressional members.

United States is in it’s 111’th Congressional Session.

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Congress of Texas

The 6th District of Texas The 6th District is made

up of Navarro County, Freestone County, Ellis County, some of Limestone County, Leon County, some of Trinity County, Some of Tarrant County, and Houston County

Texas has 32 representatives

Senator John Cornyn of Texas

Year Elected: 2002 Number of Terms: 2 Year of Re-Election: 2014 Political Work: Bexar Co.

District Judge (1984-1990), Texas Supreme Court, 1991-1997, Texas Attorney General (1999-2002)

Hometown: Houston, TX

Senator Kay Hutchinson of Texas

Year Elected: 1993 Number of Terms: 1 Year of Re-Election:

2012 Political Work: Texas

State Treasurer, Texas House of Representatives

Hometown: Galveston, TX

President of the Senate

Joseph Biden Jr.

Year Elected: 1978 Number of Terms: 6 Home town:

Scranton, Pennsylvania

President Pro Tempore

Robert C. Byrd

Year Elected: 1967 Number of Terms:

9 Hometown: North

Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Assistant Majority Leader

Richard Durbin

Year Elected: 1997

Number of Terms: 3

Hometown: East St Louis, Illinois

Majority Leader

Harry Reid Year Elected:

1987 Number of

Terms: 4 Hometown:

Searchlight, Nevada

Minority Leader

Mitch McConnell

Year Elected: 1985

Number of Terms: 6

Hometown: Sheffield, Alabama

Assistant Minority

Jon Kyle Year Elected:

1995 Number of

Terms: 3 Hometown:

Oakland, Nebraska

Speaker of the House

Nancy Pelosi

Year Elected: 1987

Number of Terms: 5

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland

Minority Leader

John Boehner

Year Elected: 1991

Number of Terms: 10

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Majority Leader

Steny Hoyer

Year Elected: 1981

Number of Terms: 8

Hometown: New York, New York

Minority Whip

James Clyburn

Year Elected: 1970

Number of Terms: 12

Hometown: Sumter, South Carolina

Majority Whip

Roy Blunt Year Elected:

1997 Number of

Terms: 5 Hometown:

Niangua, Missouri