1. Congress Project Nichole Fort Courtnei Johnson Hannah Kettles

2. Demographics 3. Age 4. Gender 5. Marital Status 6. Party 7. Religion 8. Ethnicity 9. Congress Members from Texas 10. Senator John Cornyn

Year elected - 2002

Number of terms - two

Year of re-election - 2008

Political Work - Co-founded and became co-chairmen of the U.S. Senate India Caucus, served in San Antonio for six years as a district judge.

Home State - Texas

Extra Info - Ranked as seventeenth most conservative United States Senator in 2008 by theNational Journal.

11. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Year elected - 1993

Number of Terms - three

Year of Re-election - 2006

Political Work - Senate Committee, and Chairmen of the Republican Policy Committee

Home State - Texas

Extra Info - recently published her most recent best seller:Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers

12. Representative Joe Barton

6 thDistrict

Number of Representatives - 35

Year elected - 1984

Number of terms - five

Year of re-election - 2009

Political Work - Assisted V.P. aide to Energy Secretary James B. Edward, Natural Gas Consultant to Congress

Home State - Texas

Extra Info - Primary House author of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, co-founded the Congressional Privacy Caucus, and co-sponsor of the Anti-Spy ware SPY ACT.

13. Senate Leaders 14. President of the Senate Joe Biden

Year elected - 1972

Number of terms - six

Year of re-election - 2009

Political Work -

• Chairmen of Foreign Relations Committee

• Chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues of drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties

• Led creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and Violence Against Women Act.

15. President of the Senate Joe Biden

Home State - Delaware

Extra Info -

• Became one of the youngest people ever elected to U.S. Senate

• Chairmen of the administrations Middle Class Task Force, a White House initiative targeted at raising the living standards of Middle Class families in America.

16. President Pro Tempore Robert C. Byrd

Year elected - 1959

Number of terms - nine

Year of re-election - 2007

Political Work -

• Dean of the Senate since 2003

• Senate Conference Secretary

• Majority Whip, Minority Leader, and twice elected Majority Leader

Home State - West Virginia

Extra Info - Used to be an Attorney

17. Majority Leader Harry Reid

Year elected - 1986

Number of terms - five

Year of re-election - 2004

Political Work -

• Represented Nevadas 1 stcongressional district from 1983 to 1987

Home State - Nevada

Extra Info -

• Graduate of Utah State University and George Washington University Law School.

• Served as a City Attorney of Henderson

• Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

18. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Year elected - 1984

Number of terms - five

Year of re-election - 2008

Political Work -

• Introduced the Project America Act of 2007, which allowed National Security Agency to listen in on phone calls of suspected terrorists inside and outside the U.S. without obtaining a warrant

• Writer of the Gas Price Reduction Act, which calls for more offshore and domestic oil exploration to try to curb rising gas prices

19. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Home State - Kentucky

Extra Info -

• Intern at Capitol Hill under Senator John Sherman Cooper

• Has his B.A. in political science

• An advocate of principles, receiving a perfect score from the American Conservative Union in 2006

20. Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin

Year elected - 1996

Number of terms - three

Year of re-election - 2008

Political Work -

• Serves as chairmen of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

• Co-sponsored the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act

• Introduced the African Health Capacity Investment Act

• Co-sponsor of the Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2007

21. Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin

Home State - Illinois

Extra Info -

• Timemagazine identified him as one of Americas top 10 senators

• He is also a trial lawyer, and was told by Harry Reid that he is the best debater in the U.S. senate.

22. Minority Whip Jon L. Kyl

Year elected - 1994

Number of terms - three

Year of re-election - 2006

Political Work -

• Co-authored the Crime Victims Rights Act

• Supporter of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act of 2006

• Served as Policy Committee Chairmen from 2003-2007

• Served as Conference Chairmen in 2007

Home State - Arizona

Extra Info -

• First Arizonan to hold such a high position in the senate as Minority Whip

• Before politics, Kyl was a lawyer and a lobbyist

23. House Leaders 24. Speak of the House Nancy Pelosi

Year elected - 2007

Number of terms - two

Year re-elected - 2009

Political Work -

• Represented the 8 thCongressional District of California

• Served on Appropriations and Intelligence Committees

Home State - California

Extra Info -

• First female Speaker of the House

• Highest ranking female politician in American History

25. Minority Leader John A. Boehner

Year elected - 2007

Number of terms - two

Year of re-election - 2009

Political Work -

• Represented Ohios 8 thCongressional District

• Championed the Freedom to Farm Act

• House Republican Conference Chairmen from 1995-1999

• Authored the Pension Protection Act reform

Home State - Ohio

Extra Info -

• Major force in the No Child Left Behind program

26. Minority Whip Eric I. Cantor

Year elected - 2009

Number of terms - one

Year of re-election - None

Political Work -

• Raised of $30 million for the National Republican Congressional Committee

• Wrote for the National Review in 2007

Home State - Virginia

Extra Info -

• Supporter of free trade

27. Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer

Year elected - 2007

Number of terms - two

Year of re-election - 2009

Political Work -

• Served on the Democratic Caucus

• Chief candidate recruiter for the House Democrats from 1995-2000

Home State - Maryland

Extra Info -

• Highest ranking member of Congress in Maryland history

• First Marylander to become Majority Leader

• Interned for Senator Daniel Brewster along with Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi

28. Majority Whip James E. Clyburn

Year elected - 2007

Number of terms - two

Year of re-election - 2009

Political Work -

• Elected Vice-Chairmen of the House Democratic Caucus in 2003

• Introduced the Access for All American Act, which provides money to community Health Centers for low-income citizens

Home State - South Carolina

Extra Info -

• Considered to be the most important African-American political leader in his home state

• Second African-American and first South Carolinian to hold this position

29. Current Events 30. HealthCare Bill

Since the HealthCare Bill was signed into law, there are high risk insurance plans

• The government has to create insurance pools for people who cannot get coverage because of pre-existing health conditions

• Health and Human Services has to sync the new plan by June 1 stof the year

• And they have to make sure that there will be enough funding to cover new people enrolling for Health insurance

31. PETA

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are outside the White House almost every day protesting for animal rights

• Such as no testing cosmetics on animals

• PETA has filled out more protest permit applications with the local police than any other group during the months of January and February

• They even wore monkey masks and put themselves in dog cages to show animal cruelty