Congress Project

By:Kristen Alexander

&Tayler Rinehart

Demographics of Congress

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Senate Leaders

•President of the Senate: Joseph R BidenYear Elected: 1971

Number of Terms: 2

Year of Re-election: 1977

Political Work: New Castle County Council

Home State: Pennsylvania

Extra Info: weeks after election he lost his wife and daughter in a car accident

•President Pro Tempore: Robert C Byrd

Year Elected: 1950

Number of Terms: 9

Year of Re-election: 2006

Political Work: Scholastic Recognition Award

Home State: West Virginia

Extra Info: Recorded his own album, Mountain Fiddler

•Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Year Elected: 1986

Number of Terms: 4

Year of Re-election: 1992, 1998, 2004

Political Work: Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission

Home State: Nevada

Extra Info: grew up in a small mining town

•Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell

Year Elected: 1984

Number of Terms: 4

Year of Re-election: 2009

Political Work: Executive of Jefferson County

Home State: Kentucky

Extra Info: Longest serving US Senator in Kentucky’s history

•Assistant Majority Leader: Richard Durbin

Year Elected: 2004

Number of Terms: 2

Year of Re-election: 2006

Political Work: Assistant Democratic Floor Leader

Home State: Illinois

Extra Info: His election showed the fifth time in history that someone from Illinois has served as a senate leader

•Assistant Minority Leader: Jon Kyl

Year Elected: 2008

Number of Terms: 1

Year of Re-election: N/A

Political Work: Member of Judiciary Committee

Home State: Arizona

Extra Info: quietly built a reputation for hard work

House Leaders

•Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi

Year Elected: 2007

Number of Terms: 2

Year of Re-election: 2009

Political Work: daughter of the mayor of Baltimore

Home State: California

Extra Info: graduated from Trinity College in Washington D.C.

Year Elected: 1994

Number of Terms: 10

Year of Re-election: 2008

Political Work: house GOP Conference Chairman

Home State: Ohio

Extra Info: Married for 36 years

•Minority Leader: John Boehner

Year Elected: N/A

Number of Terms: 5

Year of Re-election: 2008

Political Work: holds a seat on the powerful House ways and means committee

Home State: Virginia

Extra Info: life long resident of the Richmond area

•Minority Whip: Eric Cantor

•Majority Leader: Steny H Hoyer

Year Elected: 2006

Number of Terms: 2

Year of Re-election: 2008

Political Work: helped families with low incomes for their children’s health care

Home State: Maryland

Extra Info: he has a strong work ethic

•Majority Whip: James E Clyburn

Year Elected: 2006

Number of Terms: 1

Year of Re-election: N/A

Political Work: was active in the civil rights movement

Home State: South Carolina

Extra Info: was elected president of his NAACP youth chapter when he was 12 years old