Congress 539 Members
By: Chelsea Morgan
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83%Male
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
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Jewish
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Christian
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Methodist
Mormon
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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
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