Congress Representation

California representation

• 39 million pop

• 53 HoR seats

representation of wyoming

• 580,000 pop

• 1 HoR seat

nation-wide republican gerrymandering operation (2010)

Operation REDMAP

proportional representation in congress

The Virginia Plan

Equal representation in congress

The New Jersey Plan

HoR female representation

29%

HoR black representation

13%

HoR hispanic representation

12%

US pop hispanic representation

18%

Us pop black representation

18%

Senate female representation

25%

Senate black representation

4%

Senate hispanic representation

6%

17th Amendment (1913)

made senate elected

Subjected copyrighted songs to a lower tax bracket

• Rep Diane Black

• Nashville

Approved steel tarriffs from Trump and Biden

• Congressional Steel caucus

• 100 members

• $412 million spent on 2016 ‘political activities’

• hasn’t lost a major case since 1994

• supported by NRA Political Victory PAC

NRA lobby

US largest non-profit

AARP (american association of retired persons)

Membership of AARP

38 million

Burkean prepresentation

Senators vote against constituents wishes 35% of the time

2018 congressional incumbency rate

• 91% house

• 84% senate

… ‘s filibuster tried to force action rather than prevent it in 2016?

• Senator Chris Murphy

• 14 hrs 50 mins

• conneticut

• sandy hook shooting

How can a filibuster be ended?

• closure motion

• 60 votes (senate supermajority)

If the electoral college is tied…

• house chooses president

• senate chooses vp

2016 incumbency rates for the House were % and for __% for the senate

• 97%

• 90 %

Senators serve on an average of __ committees

17

Joe Manchin voted against Biden __% of the time, showing the weakness of party control compared to constituency interests.

13%