BR 01/31/2014

No because I care about our environment.

BR 01/30/2014

1.) No. I have lived in a place that has snowed my whole life.
2.) idk

Description of the average congressman

1.) Male
2.) Old
3.) Rich

BR 01/17/2014

1.) No because he is just a little kid and he was trying to celebrate because he got the game winning home run.
2.) An accident

Senate Outline

The Senate 
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent   entire state                 
A continuous body:  There is a never time in which all seats are up for election at once 
Term Length:  Six years           
Term Limit:   Unlimited                                   

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 and Retirement     

Formal 

1. 30 years of age
2. Lived in the United States for 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 two thirds                    vote the senate can expel one of its members

This has been done    15          times

14 of which were during the    Civil War                                   

BR 01/16/2014

Won jepoardy

Notes on today

1.) What gerrymandering is
2.) Why districts are gerrymandered
3.) That you can run for as many terms as you can in the house of representatives
4.)How to make a district

BR 01/15/2014

Won jepoardy.

BR 01/14/2014

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

BR 01/13/2014

1.) No because if they were good at representing us, they would have had the problem fixed before it got out of hand.
2.) I want our state to be represented better.

BR 1/10/14

1.) They might if they work hard enough
2.) Yeah just to watch the olympics

BR 1/9/14

1.) The parents

2.)I would tell them that I have the right to whether my child can be put on a ventilator or not.