BR-1/31/14

 would you build the keystone pipeline even if it had adverse environmental affects?
No because I care about the environment more than a pipeline.

BR- 1/30/14

 would 2 inches do that here? No that is normal to us nothing new.

can you imagine living in a place where nobody is used to the snow? No they might not see a lot of snow but it is there.

do you find these stories funny, appalling, sad? Funny and pathetic because I feel they are overacting.

The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent   entire state                                   

 A continuous body:   there is never a time in which all seats are up for election at once                                                                         
Term Length:       6 years                            
Term Limit:   none                                   

Originally elected by  state legislatures                                          

17 Amendment changed procedures to election by voters.

Before this amendment the Senate was nicknamed the   millionaires club                                  due too the purchasing of seats.

Only one senator for each state is elected at any given election

Exceptions      death and retirement                                  

Formal

1. 30 years of age 
2. lived in U.S. for 9 years 
3. inhabitant of state

Informal

1. party, name familiarity, gender, race, political experience, fundraising ability

Other Senators can exclude a member with a majority vote

This has been done on  3        occasions

Senators  have the power to punish their colleagues for disorderly conduct

With a   2/3                  vote the senate can expel one of its members

This has been done  15            times

14 of which were during the     Civil War                                  

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What I learned

How districts are made.
How many seats are in congress.
Representatives can run for life.
The off-year of the campaign.

BR-1/15/14

We Won

BR-1/14/14

Who are the senators of West Virginia? Joe Manchin Jay Rockefeller

Who is Barbour County's representative to the House of Representatives? Mary Poling 

BR-1/9/14

1.  Who has the right to decide if the 13 yr old has the tube or not?
The family not the doctors.

 2.  How would you handle the situation? 
I would fight I think for awhile but eventually

BR-1/10/14

1. Do you think Russian security forces will be able to help keep the fans and athletes safe in the Sochi Olympics? Yes I do with all the security they have set up.
2. In light of the recent bombings and terrorist threats would you go to Sochi given the chance?

No I'm not even remotely interested in going there.