3 description of the average congressmen

1.) male
2.) liar
3.) old

BR-1/17/14

won jeopardy

Senate Outline

The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent             the entire state                        
A continuous body:              there is never a time in which all seats are up at once         
Term Length:             6 years                      
Term Limit:                 none                     

Originally elected by     state legislatures                                        

17 Amendment changed procedures to election by voters.

Before this amendment the Senate was nicknamed the          millionaires club     due too the purchasing of seats.

Only one senator for each state is elected at any given election

Exceptions        death or retirement                                 

Formal

1.  30 years old 
2.  lived in US 9 years
3.  inhabitant of state

Informal

1. party, name familiarity, gender, race, political, experience, fundraising ability

Other Senators can exclude a member with a majority vote

This has been done on     3     occasions

Senators  have the power to punish their colleagues for disorderly conduct

With a       2/3              vote the senate can expel one of its members

This has been done     15         times

14 of which were during the           civil war                            

BR-1/16/14

won jeopardy

4 facts

1.) i learned what gerrymandering  is
2.) learned how to break into districts winning
3.) you can run for house of representative for the rest of your life after you run once
4.) i learned how to make a district

BR-1/15/14

won jeopardy

BR-1/14/14

1.) Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin
2.) Mary Poling

BR-1/13/14

Yeah I am because i'm proud of where i come from no matter what people say because they don't know half of what they are talking about. I don't bad mouth other states just because of what we see in movies its not always what they see that is the truth sometimes its nothing like what they see on a movie. like wrong turn. 1. who looks like that? 2. we don't kill just to do it. 3.people who have common sense doesn't  sleep with their family members either. people don't understand us at all. being born and raised in West Virginia its never going to change

BR-1/9/14

1. The doctors and her mother have the right to choose whether or not the tube is used.

2. I wouldnt want to keep my kid brain dead when they are probably suffering and im suffering from watching her lay there and die.

BR-1/1014

1. Yes I do because they are trained and have the technology to keep people safe.

2.I wouldnt but that is how I feel about the issue.