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 * PMANNION**
 * connecticut **


 * Political Party**- Weak Democrat

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 * congress person most like me-** Senator Chris Dodd of connecticut


 * Three issues-**
 * Gun control**- gun control to me is a major issue because if a gun falls into the hands of the wrong person, bad things may happen. even the smallest of safety can change the outcome of waht a person might do if they get a hold of a gun. random or set I.D. checks at the gat or in the middle of a gun show may prevent people getting away with false I.D.'s. Also doing backround checks on all the people who leave and enter the show.


 * Economy-** The Economy is in deep trouble. this economy currently is so unstable, that we hear about all of the jobs lost every day, and all the problems we are having with the stock market. all in all this economy is in the crap hole. There is a couple things i would like to touch base on, and show my opinion. First of all, the dumb economic bail out plans that were supposed to make the economy jump back in a month or two only did a little bit of fixing the problem. The thing is, when the heavy debates over the plans were happening, people said that if th plans were not put into place the economy would crash and burn. therfore this rushed the congress men to vote it through. when they voted it through, they noticed a couple defects in the plan. one- they forgot to put safe guards on how they would spend it, two- they didnt appoint a Czar to over see the spending. they did it later in the plan.


 * Education-** there are three issues in the education of children that need to be adressed. one- collage education is to expencive for the average family. most average families cant afford sending one student let alon more than two. this is a big problem, because people are just stoping after thier high school education. two- the no child left behind policy that president GWB made teachers instituted makes teachers tteach to the test instead of simply teaching the skills. this is a problem as well because it makes the teachers race to teach for there schools rating so the school recives some money. if the school rates bad, it hurts the school, and also the neighboerhoods near it. people see the ratings and dont want to move there.

> Senate — 21 Democrats, 15 Republicans
 * Five facts on connicut and my issues-**
 * LEGISLATURE House — 100 Democrats, 51 Republicans
 * Governor: M. Jodi Rell
 * 1639 -- first constitution adopted, establishing representative government
 * 1788 -- first State House in America, built after the Federal Constitution ratification
 * settlements were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633. From the first, Connecticut enjoyed a great measure of political independence, proclaiming in its Fundamental Orders of 1639 a democratic principle of government based on the will of the people. These Fundamental Orders are said to have been the first written Constitution of a democratic government; that’s why Connecticut today is nicknamed "The Constitution State."
 * Voters elect six state officers: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General. All have four year terms. Connecticut voters also elect two U.S. Senators and five U.S. Representatives.
 * The General Assembly or legislature has a Senate and a House of Representatives. Members of both houses represent districts based strictly on population. Currently, there are 36 state senators and 151 state representatives.
 * The Judicial Department is composed of the Superior, Appellate and Supreme courts. Except for probate judges, who are elected by the voters of the town or district they serve, all judges are nominated by the governor and appointed by the General Assembly.

SB 16- my bill is to prevent gun related crimes. this bill is mostly aimed three main groups of people, ( will be stated in the bill its self ) these people are not all bad crimanals, but there are a couple of cases where they are. if the guns fall into the wrong hands we could be in big trouble. the bill its self has more details and should clearly state what we want to accomplish.
 * Info on my bill-**

[] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut] [] [|http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108191.html] [] [] [|http://youthleadership.net/demos/econgress/] [] [] []
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