Congress 539 Members

By: Chelsea Morgan

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17%Women

Gender of Congressman

Marital Status

<1 %Domestic Partner

21% separated

3% are Widowed

5% are divorced

7% are Single

85% are married

Party

Democrat

Republican

Independent

Religion

African Methodist Episcopal

Baptist

Jewish

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Christian

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Methodist

Mormon

Presbyterian

Protestant

other

Congressmen from Texas

• We are in the 6th district of Texas

• Two Senators

• One representative

• Texas has 30 representatives.

John Cornyn

Born in Houston, Texas

Previous Job: attorney

Elected in 2002 which was his first term served

Kay Bailey Hutchison • First women voted to represent Texas

• Elected in 1993

• Born in Galveston, Texas

• VP of the National Transportation Safety Board

S E N A T E

• Vice President Joe Biden is the president of the Senate

• Elected in 2008

• First term as President of the senate

• Up for reelection in 2012

• Has served 6 terms in the senate.

• He is from Delaware

President Pro Tempore Is Robert Byrd

He is from West Virginia

First elected January 3, 1959

He is the oldest member

The Senate Majority leader is Harry Reid

He is from Nevada

He is the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints to serve as Majority leader

Was elected in 2005 Was elected Lieutenant in 1970.

• The Minority Leader of the Senate is Mitch McConnell

• He is from Kentucky

• First elected in 2006

• Before election he was an intern under John Cooper

• The assistant Majority leader is Richard Durbin

• He is from Illinois

• Elected in 2007

• Before Senator he owned a law firm

• The Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate is Jon Kyl

• He is from Arizona

• Elected in 1994

• Served as editor-in-chief of the Arizona Law Review

House of Representatives

Speaker Of T

he House

The speaker is Nancy Pelosi

Elected into senate in 1987 but has been speaker since 2003.

Political work: recently blocked impeachment of George W Bush.

From California

Minority Whip

• Eric Cantor• He is from Virginia • Has been in his current position since

2008 but has been in the senate since 2000

• Political work: Chairman on the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare

Majority Leader

• Steny Hoyer

• From Maryland

• Was elected in 1981 but has been in his current position since 2006.

• Political Career: Deals with issues like gun rights, abortion, privacy and social issues.

Majority Whip

• James Clyburn

• Elected in 1992 but has been in his current position since 2008.

• Political: Education, labor, environment and conservation.

• From South Carolina.

Current events

• 1) The Senate will vote on the health care plan on Tuesday.

• 2) Considering a bill that will not allow banks to charge an overdraft fee on cash machines or debit card transactions.

• 3)Many congressmen debate it is way to early to send more troops to Afghanistan.

• 4)Federal Regulators want Congress to put a stop to all the radioactive waste dumping in the United States because Congress are the only ones that can stop it.

• 5)A democrat from New York was acquitted for smashing glass in his girl friends face.