Government Assignment

John ThornScott KerseyJeremy Black

Age of Congress Members

Age>70, 74

20-29, 1

30-39, 21 40-49, 83

60-69, 17150-59, 189

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

>70

Marital Status

Married, 460

Widowed, 14Single, 37

Divorced, 25

Domestic Partner, 2

Seperated, 1Married

DomesticPartner

Divorced

Seperated

Single

Widowed

Gender

Male, 446

Female, 93

MaleFemale

Religion

Greek Ortho., 6

Episcopal, 38 Christian, 26

Catholic, 159

Baptist, 60

Other, 45

Protestant, 20

Presbyterian, 43

Non, 8

Mormon, 14

Methodist, 52

Lutheran, 24

Jewish, 44

Other

Baptist

Catholic

Christian

Episcopal

Greek Ortho.

Jewish

Lutheran

Methodist

Mormon

Non

Presbyterian

Protestant

Ethnicity

Caucasian, 461

Vietnamese, 1

Asian, 8

African American,

42

American Indian, 1

Pacific Islander, 1

Hispanic, 25

African American

American Indian

Asian

Caucasian

Hispanic

Pacific Islander

Vietnamese

Occupational Background

Democrat, 320

Independent, 2

Republican, 217

Democrat

Independent

Republican

Occupational Background

Teacher, 96

White House

Staff, 109 Buisness, 189

Law, 215Law

Buisness

White HouseStaff

Teacher

Congressional Session

• This 111th congressional session is in its first session which lasts from January 6th- October 30 2009.

Senators From Texas

Sen. John Cornyn

Elected 2002

Served 1 term

Up for re-election 2015

District Judge, TX supreme court, TX Attorney General

Texas

Owns several firearms hunts as often as he can

Senators From Texas

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

Elected in 1993

Served 3 terms

Up for re-election 2012

TX House, TX treasurer

Texas

First woman to represent TX

District 6

The Senate

President of the Senate

• Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Delaware)

• Elected in 1973• Served six terms• Up for re-election

2012• Worked as Democrat

for New Castle County Council

President Pro Tempore

• Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia)

• Worked in West Virginia House and West Virginia Senate

• Elected in 1959• Served one term from

2007 to 2011

Majority Leader

• Harry Reid (Nevada)• Worked in Nevada

Assembly• Elected in 2005• Re election 2011

Assistant Majority Leader

• Richard Durbin (Illinois)

• Worked in U.S. House

• Elected in 2005• Two terms from 2005

to 2011

Minority Leader

• Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)

• Worked as Jefferson Co. Judge Executive

• Elected in 2007• One term 2007 - 2011

Assistant Minority Leader

• Jon Kyl (Arizona)• Worked in U.S.

House• Elected in 1994• One term 2007 - 2011

House Leaders

Speaker of the House

• Nancy Pelosi (Maryland)

• No prior elected office• Elected in 2006• One term 2007 - 2011

Minority Leader

• John Boehner (Ohio)• Worked in Ohio

House• Elected in 2006• One term 2007 - 2011

Minority Whip

• Eric Cantor (Virginia)• Worked in Virginia

assembly (1992-2001)

• Elected in 2008

Majority Leader

• Steny Hoyer (New York)

• Worked in Maryland Senate

• Elected in 2006• One term 2007 - 2011

Majority Whip

• James Clyburn (South Carolina)

• Worked in South Carolina human affairs commissioner (1974-1992)

• Elected in 2008• One term 2007 - 2011

Current Events

Many Bills…but Few Laws

• At a recent Congressional session nearly 15,000 bills were proposed, but less than 6% of those were passed into laws.

Link to Brain Cancer

• Congress is being urged to look into and possibly take action on the thought of cell phones possibly being a link to brain cancer. The same kind of link that smoking has to lung cancer.

Tax Cut

• Recently, a $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in an effort rush government spending in order cut taxes to help with the recession that is currently taking place.

Steroid Use

• Congress is now taking interest in baseball and discussing the fact and problem of professional baseball players using illegal steroids.