This document provides demographic information about the current United States Congress. It includes charts showing the distribution of members by age, gender, ethnicity, party affiliation, and marital status. It also provides biographical details on some key members from Texas including Senators John Cornyn and Kay Hutchison, and Representative Joe Barton. Finally, it briefly outlines the positions and backgrounds of several congressional leaders including Senate majority and minority leaders and whips.

1. Congress Information
Taylor Schultz
Katie Clark
Block 7

2. Demographics of Congress
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29
30-
39
40-
49
50-
59
60-
69
>70
Numbers and
Members
Age Group

3. Gender
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400
450
Female Male
Number of
Members

4. Ethnicity
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450
500
African
American
Caucasion Vietnamese
Number of
Members

5. Party
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350
Democrat Republican
Number of
Members

6. Martial Status
0
50
100
150
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400
450
500
Divorced Seperated
Number of
Members

7. Congressmen from Texas!
• 6th
District
• 32 Reps.
Texas Representatives!!!
Lone star state

8. Senator John Cornyn
• Elected in 1984
• 2nd
term
• Prev. Political Exp.:
Bexar Co. District
Judge, 1984-1990;
TX Supreme Court,
1991-97; TX Atty.
General, 1999-
2002

9. Senator Kay Hutchison
• Elected in 1993
• 4th
term
• Prev. Political
Exp.: TX House,
1973-77; TX
Treasurer, 1991-
93

10. Rep. Joe Barton
• 13th
term
• Prev. Political
Exp.: no prior
elected office
• Education: BS
Texas A&M
University, 1972;
MS Purdue
University, 1973

11. Senate Leaders

12. President Pro Tempore Robert C.
Byrd
9 Terms from N.
Carolina
Elected in 58’
Prev. Political
Exp: Member of
the West Virginia
house of
delegates and
West Virginia
senate
Not up for re-
election

13. Minority whip. John L. Kyl
• 3rd-term
Republica
n from
Arizona.

14. Majority Whip- Richard. J. Durbin
3rd-term Democrat
from Illinois.
Elected in 2004
Prev. Political
Exp: U.S. Senate
Appropriations
Committee and as
Co-Chairman of the
Democratic
Platform
Committee and
Atlantic Conference

15. Majority Leader- Harry Reid
4th term Democrat from
Nevada
Elected in 1986
Prev. Political Exp.: NV
Assembly, 1969-71; NV Lt.
Governor, 1971-75; NV
Gaming Commissioner, 1977-
81; US House, 1983-87

16. Minority Leader- Mitch McConnell
• 5th term Republican from
Kentucky
• Prev. Political Exp.: Jefferson
Co. Judge-Executive, 1978-85

17. Minority Leader- John Boehner
10th
term
Elected in 1991
Re-election in 2010
Prev. Political Exp.:
OH House, 1985-91
Education: BS
Xavier University,
1977

18. CURRENT EVENTS
• Too many kids are
fat! 35 percent of all
the calories kids
eat come from
there school
lunches. So
congress will begin
seeking a new
budget for the
nutritious programs
for school.

19. & again
• Government is to roll out a new economic
agenda called the Medium-term
Development Policy at the beginning of
2010.
• It is expected to modernize agriculture,
improve the country’s financial sector, add
value to local products and diversify major
sectors of the economy for improved
performance.

20. & again
• A new poll released 10/20/09 found most
Americans support one of the most
controversial healthcare reform options
being debated by lawmakers. 57 percent
of Americans strongly or somewhat
support "having the government create a
to compete with private health insurance
plans ."

21. Lastly.
• Arthur F. Bethea recently
sent in a letter to
congress expressing how
he felt about our past
president George Bush
Jr. He showed his details
and reasoning for it and
at the bottom of the letter
showed his liberal side
and said “Bush Junior,
who may end up being
regarded as the worst
president in the history of
our country.”
“Worst President ever..”