U.S. Government

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Demographics of Congress• In the House, there

are currently 357 men and 78 women.

• In the Senate, there are 18 women and 82 men.

Category Number of Members

20-29 1

30-39 19

40-49 76

50-59 186

60-69 175

>70 78

Age group combined.

Demographics of Congress(Cont.)Ethnicity Marital Status

Category Number of Members

African American 42

American Indian 1

Caucasian 458

Hispanic 25

Pacific Islander 1

Vietnamese 1

Asian 8 Both combined ethnicity & marital status.

Demographics of Congress(Cont.)

Religion• Catholic - 161• Christian - 27• Methodists - 53• Muslim - 2• Protestant - 20

PartyDemocrat 316Independent 2Republican 218

Occupational

269 Members (227 Representatives, 2 Delegates, and 40 Senators) served in state or territorial legislatures.

214 Members (182 Representatives and 33 Senators) lists their occupation as public services/policies.

204(152 Representatives and 51 Senators) list law.201 (175 Representatives and 27 Senators)list

business.94 (78 Representatives and 16 Senators) list education.

Demographics of Congress(Cont.)

Congressional Sessions:

A term of Congress is divided into two “sessions," one for each year; Congress has occasionally also been called into an extra, (or special) session (the Constitution requires Congress to meet at least once each year). A new session commences on January 3 (or another date, if Congress so chooses) each year. Before the 20 Amendment, Congress met from the first Monday in December to April or May in the first session of their term (the "long session"); and from December to March 4 in the second "short session". (The new Congress would then meet for some days, for the inauguration, swearing in new members, and organization.)

There are 535 members of Congress: 100 Senators and 435 Representatives.

Total number of Congress:

• Elected in 2002 served 1 term up for re-election 2015

• Owns several firearms hunts as often if he can• Is from Austin TX • He is married

– Wife Sandy Cornyn – Children Haley and Danley

• He is a district judge• TX supreme court• TX attorney general Texas

Congress from Texas

John Cornyn

Congress from Texas• Kay Hutchison won election to the U.S Senate on

June 5,1993 • Was elected full term in the U.S. Senate on Nov.

8, 1994 she was re-elected in 2006 • Grew up in La Marque Texas • Her great-great-grandfather, Charles S. Taylor

signed the Texas Declaration of Independence

Congress from Texas

• Representative JOE BARTON – Elected in 1984 no pervious political work – From Waco Texas – Avid Baseball player– 12 terms– Served 25yrs re-elected in 2006

District 6

Senate Leaders

• President of the senate JOSHEPH R. BIDEN JR. was the Senator of Delaware for 36 years

• He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania • He was the youngest people elected to the

United States Senate at the age of 29• He is the 47th Vice President

– He lost his wife and 1 year old daughter but his to sons were critically injured but that didn’t stop him

Senate leaders• Pres. Pro Tempore ROBERT C. BYRD, Democrat

from West Virginia became the longest serving Member of Congress in Nov. 18,2009

• His colleagues elected him to more leadership positions than any other Senator

• Everyone in West Virginia only new one man they could depend on and it was Robert

• He is true to his faith and his family

Senate leaders

• Majority Leader HARRY REID

Senate leaders

• Minority Leader MITCH McCONNELL

Senate leaders

• Asst. Majority leader RICHARD DURBIN – Democrat from Illinois

Senate leaders

• Asst. Minority leader JON KYL– Republican from Arizona

Senate leaders

Senate leaders