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| Robert Micheal "Iron Law of Oligarchy" |
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| citizenship, at least the age of eighteen, have not committed a felony |
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| A value that people give; a standard/ cultural value |
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| White Anglo Saxon Protestant, established by england. |
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| What is the purpose of government? |
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| To protect, to privde, and to regulate |
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| Affirmative Action. What is it and who Benefits from it? |
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directed toward blacks;
policy that helped 1) scholarships go to school
2)given an advantage in the area of jobs
3)government contracts
three groups that benefited were the blacks, veterans and women. |
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| government is an institution/ agency that is ran by society / set up by people |
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| Father of our constiution. "Human beings are not angels because they were we would not need a government" |
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| introduced by Johne lock. States that if the government does not do what the people want they should rebel; also that all have natural rights |
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| What affects our perception of the world? |
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economic well being
religion
cultural values |
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| Alex de Tocquevill observed that americans felt more equal then europeans? |
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| Americans believed more in equality rather than having a monarchy like europe. |
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| We have attempted to insure / foster national identity or nationalism |
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| political unity and one common language. |
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| classical democracy & direct democracy |
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| Classical Democracy and Direct democracy are the same. People come together and decide on issues; town meeting; come together |
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| shared body of values and beliefs that shapes perception and atittudes towards politics and government in turn influences political behavior. |
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| this government is ruled by a few people. the wealthy heads of te university, heads of newspaper, interst group. |
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| power held by the people and elected government / president |
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| pratcie of organizing ethnic / racial sexual orientation to complete for public sources and influence public policy. |
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| relationship between economic wellbeing & government? |
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| most people who are poor do not vote and if they do its usually democratic. Wealthy citizens do vote and vote mostly republicans. |
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- equality before the law
- natural born rights
- belief in a higher power
- human rights
- freedom
- individualism
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| Anti irish anti catholic group |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| thirteen colonies were soverign (independant), easy for them to pick a common enomy and go against them. difficult to start a govenrment because of their diversity. they agreed to come together but no one state overpowered another. |
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a group that is organization very loosly
EX) European Union
EX) united nations |
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| a system of governemnt where now you allow various levels of government |
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| agreed number of people in any group accepted by the poeple that will have the meeting hold |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses of Article of Confederation |
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Strength: Organized NW territory; ordance of 1787, 1785, 1784.
Weaknesses: no standing army against french, spanish, british and native americans. no uniform currency, could not regulate traide, could not raise taxes. |
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| In Western Mass. poor famers were rebelling against the taxes. |
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| met in 1785 in philadelphia in independance hall. 55 people attended and given a mandate (mission); there job was to revise the articles of confederation |
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| proporational representation |
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| large states should send in more people and small states few people. |
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| You should send int he same number of people no matter the state size |
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| Conneticut Great Compromise |
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Small and large states will have an euql numebr in the senate --> Two from each state.
In the house or representatives larger states will send more to the house of reps. Ex Wyoming would send on, and washington nine. all together 435 in house or reps |
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| two parts to the congress |
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| S. Caroline had more blacks than whites. A black person was counted as 3/5 of a person they could be represented in the house. |
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| Patrick Henry & Hamilton Predicament and Consensus |
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- Patrick Henry: said the government was too strong
- Hamilton: agreed that it wasn't strong enough
- Consensus: Agreed on a strong national with limited powers
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| The Federal government must prevail over any confict or inconistant state of power when exercissing power from the constitution. |
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| A system that ensures people stay within the prescribed limits an guidelines so that no government becomes too powerful |
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| A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units. |
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| Contrasts with the parlimentary systems in most developed emocracies in which the legislatures is supreme. |
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| did not want a division of power between the government |
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| those who supported the constiution to emphasize a real divison of power between the national and state gov |
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| Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly |
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| a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 |
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| Defense Of Marriage Act, saying that marriage is from a man and a women |
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| Believed in a supreme being that created the world but is not present on a daily basis. Desists rejcetd most Christian dcotrine and criticized the Christian church and clergy. |
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- Daughters of Liberty: organized resistance to British taxes by boycotting
- Mercy Otis Warren: a political pamphlet that helped increase public sentiment for independence; first person to ruge the amssachusetts delegates to the continetal congress to vote for serperates against britain
- may katherine goddard: printed her naenm at hte bottom of the delcreration of independeance.
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| Why did Americns find it easier to for a revolution rather than to fashion a government? |
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| All wanted to be soverign rather than agree. |
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| Governemtn of political unity by its own people |
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| The authority of the president to withhold specific types of info from the courts in congress |
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| What impact did the constitution have on the civil war and the great depression? |
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| The constituion ave power to president lincoln to declare war on the south -> civil war. During the war the president declared the emancipation proclamation, forced union, passed the thirteenth ammendment, 14th ammendment, 12th , welfare program for money |
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| What were the bill of rights? & which pertain to the indiviaul and which ones to the state? |
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| The bill of rights is the first ten ammendments of the US constitution. 1,4,5,6,8 pertain to the indivudal. 2,3, 9 pertain to the state. |
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| ammendment was to protect its people and add additions to the constiutions. |
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| ratification of the constituion and who were those for ratifcation of those against? |
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to pass the constitution. for -> federalist.
against -> anti federalist |
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a system in which power is divided between a central government and a subnational or local gov.
EX) germany, belgium. |
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| Central governemnt has those powers only given to it by the subnational governments, it cannot act directly on citizens and it can be dissolved by the states that created it. EX) articles of confederation and united nations. |
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| Advantes and Disadvantages of federalism |
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- advantages: founders chose federalism to accomodate the loose compact of states and deal with the diversity of states
- disadvantages: no written guaretees for indiviausl oliberaties and they figured that too much power was left within state gov.
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| The federal us national bank in maryland and they wouldn't pay taes because they were federal system. The federal government has power over that state. |
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| Governemnt as a Bully pullpit. |
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| a public office of suffiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to pseak out and belistend to on any matter. |
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| implied powers clause of the US constiution that gives congress the power to make all laws needed to carry out its specific powers |
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| The clause in the US constitutiont at gives congress the powers to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out its specific powers. |
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| The constitn created a system in which teh national govenrmetn and the states each have sepearte grants of power with each supreme in its own sphere. |
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| The day to day cooperation among federal, state, and local officals in carrying out the business of government |
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| a program of president franklin d roosevelts adminstration in the 1930s aimed at stimulating ecnomic recovery and aiding vicitms of the great depression ; led to expansion of national governemtn role. |
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| the tax revenues the federal governemnt returns to states to help pay for essential services provided by state and local governments - mass transit, community develpment, social welfare, and unemployment compensation for example |
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| during the nixon adminstration, the policy under which unrestricted or minimally restricted federal funds were provided to states and localities during the reagan administration, a policy of reduing federal support for states. |
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| a reagan adminstration policy of giving states and cities federal money to spenda s they wished, subject to only a few conditions |
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| a system of giving federal fudns to stsates and localities under which teh federal government designates the purpose for which the funds are to be used but allows the state some descretion in spending |
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| are laws or regulations the federal governmetn imposes on the states without sufficent funding to implement them |
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| full faith clause and credit clause |
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| a clause in the us constituion that requries that states to recognize contracts that are valid in other states |
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| to local governmets, giving them considerable autonomy in such matters as setting tax rates, regulating land use, and choosing their form of local governmetn. |
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system of governemtn that is divided into levels but power is not shared --> centralized
EX UK |
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| federal government helps with natural disassters, interstate highways, epidmecs |
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| extedned the power of the national governemnt over the states |
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| justice tanny arguehtat scott was a slaveso his freedom was denied |
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| government is reading your text / listening to your phone calls |
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| idea that states / any lower level can make laws that benefit them |
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| laws that allow punishment to person to a prior event |
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| PROS AND CONS OF A FEDERAL SYSTEM |
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Pros -> divison of powers between national state, limit of power or strong national gov, allows for diversity (different states pursue policies consisten with the politcal culture)
ex. new federalsim & revenue sharing.
-labratory --> each state can come up with its own laws and experiment with it. |
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| who makes the electorial college? |
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| number of peole that represent hte state and congress |
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| President informal and formal |
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- formal: mut be at least 35natural born, residency of fourteen years
- non constituional : generally male, education, wealthy, protestant, family values, came froma small town, name recognition, few scandals.
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| limits the number of terms in the office to two four year terms |
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| removal of the presidant from office |
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- death
- resignation
- insanity
- impeachment
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| is an assembly that legislates --> an assembly that makes laws |
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| continental congress of 1774 |
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| credited in order to stop british from taxing us |
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| continental congress of 1775 |
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| congress met because british declared war on us |
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| there was a loack of quarem. A quarem is a number agreed upon by the people ina g roup to allow the fucntioning of the people. people did not attend. |
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| qualification of congress members |
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- senators: at least thirty years, residency requirement nine years in the state, natural born or naturalized
- members of the house: residency at least seven years, age at least thirty, you don't have to live in the distirct you reside
- informal qualifcations: mostly male, wealthy, smart, free of scandals.
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| every ten yeras (census year), giving out citizens to members. |
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| drawing of lines to create distrcits |
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| drawing of lines to benefit an interest group / political party |
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franking: free mailing services -> name recognition
media: going public take ideas to radio stations, photo opps
constituency services
casework
porkbarrel: congressmen takes money to do projects in their district
fundraising |
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| informal norm to treat others with mutual respect / keep things civil |
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| process of becoming a president. IOWA. |
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| SUED COMPANIES WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS THAT DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT. INDIVIDUAL WHISTEBLOWERS WITHIN THE BUREAUCRACY OFTEN HAD THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO MONITOR AGENCY PRACTICIES. |
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| recquired the recording of exectuvie agency ations and procedures in the federal register, and the collection of this body of law in the code of federal regulations |
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| prohibited federal employees from active participation in partisan campaigns, even at state and local events |
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| allowed elected officals to fill administrative jobs on teh bais of plitical loyalty rather than merit |
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| speical kind of policy tht produces rules, standards or guidelines conferring benefits and imposing restrictions onb uiness conducts and econimc activity |
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| formal document charging a poublic offical with misconduct in ofifce |
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| if the president is impeached, dies, or resigns the vice president then takes over. if vp dies --> speaker of house--> if speaker of house dies president protember--> president of senate --> secretary of state |
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| government appointed during crisis or anticipated crisis. select member and hide them out in bunkers in another city. |
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| major duties of president |
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| carry out laws, oversee the agencies of governmetn, negotiate with foreign government, issues pardons, and be commander in chief of the armed forces |
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| senators can beto a presidents appointment. |
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| a us presidency that is charactieried by greater power than the constituion allows |
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| made because of ine elven. latest cabinet department |
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| executive order and exutive act |
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| executive order is an order issued by the head of the executive branch. An exutive act is using the power of executive order to carry something out. |
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| a group of unoffical advisers to a politcal leader, esp when considered to be more influential than the offical cabinet |
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| first lady contributed to making the office of the quantam leap |
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- formal: agre, residency, citizenship
- informal: examine yourself (family person, free of scandals), talk to spouse and kids and see if they agree, go to your political party and see if you gain their support, prepair for corcus (iowa) pimary next stage national convention (new hampsire), presidential election
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| STANDS FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; CONGRESS INCREASED POUBLIC CACESS TO THE BUREACRACY IN 1966 by passing this . |
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| main job is policy implemntation. convert laws passed by the congress and signed by the president into tlawas and actions that make it possible to realize the intent of the law |
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| supposed to promote public interest; if they dont they fail to serve the people who pay their salaries. |
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The district a member of congress represents |
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Person who currently holds office |
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