United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

 

 

 

10.  The nine-digit zip code of your home address. Check http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp which is the zip code lookup on the United States Postal Service website.

 

11.  The United States Congressional district in which you live.

 

12.  Name of your Representative

 

13.  Address of your representative’s official website

 

14.  Your representative’s party affiliation (e.g. Republican, Democrat, Independent)

 

15.  Congressional Electoral history

 

a.       Last election the representative won

 

i.      Name of the representative’s opponent.

 

ii.      Results of the election. (E.g. Geisler def. Brownfield, 52%-48%)

 

16.  Committee assignments

 

a.       Name the committees the representative currently serves on.

 

17.  Political beliefs (in addition to their political party affiliation note any important positions they have publically taken on various political issues). This should be in your own words. and at least one paragraph long. Make sure you include the source of your information.

 

18.  At least one quote that shows their political views on some topic. Be sure to include the source of your quote.

 

19.  One-paragraph summary based on a video of the congressman speaking either on the Senate floor or being interviewed on a news program.

 

a.       You will need to find a video online – should be at least 3 min, no longer than 10 min. Something like this can usually be found on the congressman’s website.

 

b.      Include the web address of the video that I can watch—this is required.

 

c.       Summarize in a few sentences the main argument of the congressman’s speech.