How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab (Links to an external site.)
Two additional sources beyond those provided
Instructions
Research the background of your Congressional representatives based on your address listed with CU – two
senators and a member of the House of Representatives. Find out about their previous occupation(s), political
experience, family, income, education, and other relevant demographics. What percentage of the vote did they
receive to win in their last election? What are two policy issues areas they are interested in? How do these
areas reflect their ideologies?
Here is a link to get your started:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Write an essay. Start by identifying all three of your representatives. Then, pick the representative you are most
interested in and explain why they interest you. Present the information you found in your research required
above in the essay.