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Political Party: Democrat State: Missouri William Lacy Clay http://lacyclay.house.gov/ 3 Important Issues:
 * 1) 1 Economy- The economy is a key factor in what goes on in our country and needs to be improved as soon as possible. While the economy seems to suffer from the debt the country is in it seems by sometime early next year it will be back on track on a positive note. As of right now our economy is a ship that seems to be floating on stimulus dollars sent to banks and other companies.
 * 2) 2 Health- Health is something talked about often and is just as important as the economy. Health deals with the issues of disease and sickness, but also the medication or drugs that we use. Our current Health Care is lacking largely in that it does not provide for everybody living in America. A new Health Care plan where everybody is provided for and is affordable is what we need.
 * 3) 3 Environment/Energy- This issue is talked about frequently mainly because of our high gas prices and the drilling of oil. Alternative energy sources would help improve the economy as much as protecting the environment by not harming it. Our current lack of use of not using alternative energy sources will have large effects down the road. By switching to alternative energy sources we can also provide jobs for the people.

Information On Bill:The Health Care in America. Our current Health Care is not adequate in that not everyone is not able to receive reasonable health or not able to receive Health Care at all. A way to solve this is by creating a Health Care plan similar to that of Canada's or other countries where everybody is able to receive proper Health Care. HB 88

5 Facts Effecting my vote in Mock Congress: - The economy is based mainly on agriculture and manufacturing with the state having over 100,000 farms. - Mining is also a staple of the economy and Missouri is the country's leader in the production of lead. - Some of the top products are transportation equipment, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and metal products.

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 * 1) 7"Health Care Costs, 1960-2000." __American Government__. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 10 May 2009 .


 * 1) 8 __Missouri Senior Report__. 10 May 2009 .


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 * 1) 10 "Unemployment (most recent) by state." __StateMaster - US Statistics, State Comparisons__. 10 May 2009 .