Scavenger Hunt by WILTAR13

1.

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:18:54 UTC

2. Congress Building

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:19:02 UTC

3. Number of US Senators

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:23:04 UTC

4. How many state representatives

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:25:29 UTC

435

5. How many senators represent each state?

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:26:53 UTC

6. Senators that represent our state

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:28:28 UTC

Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar

7. US Senator - Lisa Murkowski

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:29:43 UTC

8. There are 8 in the House of Representatives from Minnesota

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:32:03 UTC

9/10. John Kline serves our Congressional District

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:32:58 UTC

11. State with most US Representatives

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:36:20 UTC

13. Political Cartoon about Congress

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:38:08 UTC

12. Fewest representatives

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:38:40 UTC

Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

14. Summary

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:39:35 UTC

A conference committee of members from the House and the Senate voted to approve the agreement concerning the No Child Left Behind Law. The full bill will be made public within a week, and the House could consider it on the floor as early as the first week of December, following the Senate. The agreement also includes the current ideas for funding schools with the highest numbers of poor students, which would receive extra federal money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/us/negotiators-come-to-agreement-on-revising-no-child-left-behind-law.html?ref=topics&_r=0

15. US Senator Requirements

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:39:46 UTC

US Senators will serve for 6 years and can serve for as many terms as they want. They have to be 30 years old, a resident o the state they wish to represent, and have been a US citizen for the past 9 years.

16. US Representatives Requirements

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:41:55 UTC

US Representatives serve two year terms. They must be 25 years old, live in the state that they wish to represent, and have been a US citizen for the last 7 years.

17. Salary of a US Senator and Representative

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:43:14 UTC

$174,000

18. The Civil Rights Act

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:45:00 UTC

Outlawed segregation based on race, color, gender, religion or national origin.

19. Famous Congressman

unrkel20 — 2015-11-20 19:46:57 UTC

Abraham Lincoln is famous and is known for passing the Emancipation Proclamation. John F. Kennedy is also a famous congressman and he is known for being the youngest man to be elected and is known for being assassinated.

20. House of Representatives

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:47:11 UTC

The number of representatives of each state is based on the population of the particular state. The number of representatives each state varies.

20. Senate

wiltar13 — 2015-11-20 19:52:18 UTC

Each states gets an equal number of representatives. Each state recieves two no matter how big or how small the state is. They get equal representation