After a long but successful campaign, you have been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the district in which you reside. One of your first actions will be to vote for the leader of your political party in the House. If you are a member of the majority, this person will be the Speaker of the House. If you are in the minority, this person will be the Minority Leader. Your task is to decide what qualifications a person would need to be a leader so that you can explain your position to your constituents.
You have the following tasks ahead of you:
Finding out who your Congressman is and to which political party he belongs.
Identifying high-quality Internet sites with information about congressional leadership positions and the people who occupy them.
Researching these positions.
Writing a report to your constituents explaining what the leader of your party in the House does.
Comparing what House leaders do with Senate leaders.