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The 110th Congress 10-4

Backgrounds Not an accurate cross-section of the population Almost all are married(average 2 kids) More women now than ever before 43 African Americans, 26 Hispanics, 6 Asian Americans, 1 Native American and 369 White

Representatives of the People Job is to represent constituents and be a legislator 4 voting options: Trustee: votes on own conscious Delegate: representative of constituents Partisan: party-lines over constituents Politico: combine previous three

Committee/Servants Committees screen all proposals Oversight checks to see that various agencies in executive branch are following laws set Legislators act(ideally) as servants to the people In theory, if members don’t vote how the people want, they will get voted out

Compensation Salary for “regular” reps is about $170,000/year Speaker = $212,000/yr(same as VP) Non-salary comp(tax deductions, great insurance, free parking, franking privilege

Politics of Pay/Membership Privileges Limits of pay are President’s veto and fear of voter backlash Members of Congress can’t be arrested during a session Total freedom of speech on House floor

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