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 âpolitical activitiesâ
hasnât lost a major case since 1994
supported by NRA Political Victory PAC
NRA lobby
AARP (american association of retired persons)
38 million members
US largest non-profit
Burkean prepresentation
Senators vote against constituents wishes 35% of the time
2018 congressional incumbency rate
91% house
84% senate
Designed to force action rather than prevent it
Senator Chris Murphyâs filibuster
14 hrs 50 mins
Represents conneticut
sandy hook shooting
How can a filibuster be ended?
closure motion
60 votes (senate supermajority)
Presidents that won their mid-terms
Roosevelt
Clinton
Bush Jr
Andrew Johnson
William clinton
Donald J Trump (x2)
Presidents impeached
If the electoral college is tiedâŚ
house chooses president
senate chooses vp
2016 incumbency rates
97% house
90 % senate