Originally Posted By bboisvert Since today marks exactly 9 months before the general elections in November, let's take a break from the punditry and have a round of "Know Your Elected Representatives"! Here's how it works. Since the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election, I'll name the Congressional district where I live. Then you have to determine who my incumbent congressman is and Senator (if applicable) is on the ballot this year. Example: TX, 22nd District ======== Answer: Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Tom DeLay (R-SugarLand) ======== Get it? It's not too hard, but you may have to do at least two clicks to see who will or will not be running the country for the next two years as well as where your fellow LP posters are coming from. Feel free to insert comments on the candidates for extra credit, but nothing too mean. We can kill each other later. MODS: This may be a playpen-type posting, but I thought it appropriate to post in WE to let off some steam. :-D =-=-=-=-=-=-= OK, here's mine. WA, 3rd District
Originally Posted By FaMulan It's always polite to post a link when giving the information when making requests or backing up a statement.
Originally Posted By cmpaley Here's the site I used. You need your state and your ZIP+4 (which can be obtained by going to this site and putting in your address <a href="http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp" target="_blank">http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welc ome.jsp</a>) <a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" target="_blank">http://www.house.gov/writerep/</a>
Originally Posted By bboisvert Well, that's kinda the point of the game; to do the research. <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=xx-bork&q=house+of+representatives" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?h l=xx-bork&q=house+of+representatives</a> will give you lots of ways to see who the congress is.
Originally Posted By FaMulan Posting a link to the site is not doing the research for everyone. It's pointing them in the right direction as this site draws folks from around the world and all over the US.
Originally Posted By bboisvert Knowing our representatives is what democracy is all about. So in the interest of learning about their Congress, here's some of the links that I used... For Congressman Information.... <a href="http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.house.gov/house/Mem berWWW_by_State.shtml</a> For Senator Information.... <a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.senate.gov/general/ contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm</a> Please explore their districts, their voting records, their committee memberships, etc. BTW, no one has resolved the WA-3rd district yet.... Tag, you're it.
