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House Democrat**
 * California

__**Congressman most like:**__

There are many congressmen out there in California, the one that I think I would be most like is "[|Buck McKeon]" of the 25th District of California. The reason I think I am most like him is because of some of the issues that he stands for; like economic security, higher education, and immigration. I think that these issues are some of the most important ones and will help bring the country back together.


 * __Issues:__**


 * There are lots of issues out there facing our country, these are three important ones:**


 * -**__Economy__, I think this is the biggest problem facing our country today. There are many things that make up the economy like jobs, money, taxes, housing, and many other things. Some problems are people are not spending alot of money then they used to. Also there are those banks taking our money to bail themselves out. We are in bad times because of money being spent on things that we don't need or companies that made there own problems to begin with.

__-Education__, There are alot of kids out there that are not educated and because of that there are less people spending the money they make on there jobs. If we could get better supplies and teachers in schools the work will show on there test. Then when they go out into the world they will have the chances to make more jobs and money helping everyone get a chance.

-__Enviornment and Energy__, There are many things that we are doing that hurts our planet and things that we do to save and preserve it. Some things that are hurting it are polutents, fossil fuels, construction and many other things. These things destroy the ozone and animal habitats. Some things that are being done to stop these thing are finding ways of using solar energy, this is using the sun and converting it into electricity that we use in your everyday life.


 * Information about the bill that we are writing:**

HB 44 The bill that our group is make has to do with the economy. What we want our bill to do is try and put a stop to the jobs geting sent over seas. How we are going to do this is by taxing the companys that take the jobs over seas. The money that we get from that goes to the people that had lost there jobs because of outsorcing.


 * 5 facts on my state that are importent in the Mock Congress voting:**

1.) California is the third largest state, the first and second is Alaska and Taxes

2.) Los Angeles is the most populated city counting 37million

3.) The state had been republican from 1980-1990 and know is democraic

4.) The state has 55 electral votes, this is because it has alot of representatives

5.) Has the lagrest economy in the U.S.


 * 10 most important information sources:**

"California." __United States Geography__. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 14 May 2009 [|http://www.usgeography.abc-clio.com].

Pollution Prevention | Browse EPA Topics | US EPA." __U.S. Environmental Protection Agency__. 15 May 2009 .

"Duncan Wants Title I Dollars to Drive Reform." __U.S. Department of Education Home Page__. 15 May 2009 .

"Contact Form." __U.S. Congressman Buck McKeon - 25th District of California__. 15 May 2009 .

"Issues." __Center for American Progress__. 15 May 2009 [].

__Welcome to INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio Schools.__ 14 May 2009 [].

"YLI e-Congress Demonstration." __Civics Lesson Plans, Student Mock Election - Youth Leadership Initiative__. 7 May 2009 []

.WikiAnswers - What is the average cost of a home computer." __WikiAnswers - The Q&A wiki__. 15 May 2009 [].

"Teacher Salary - Average Teacher Salaries - PayScale." __PayScale - Salary Comparison, Salary Survey, Wages__. 15 May 2009 [].

"Issues | FreedomWorks." __FreedomWorks | Lower Taxes, Less Government, More Freedom__. 15 May 2009 .