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First step towards responsible citizens is the knowledge of your representatives.

Purpose of this assignment is to:

1. Find who are your representatives in Texas legislative branch

2. Check their voting records and find how much you agree with your representatives on specific issue

 You have to know who they are, how they vote, so you can hold them accountable!

 So, let us begin this Assignment 2 exploring journey!

 Assignment 2 Part A

The quickest way to find your representatives is "Who represents me" website! (Links to an external site.)

 After entering your current residence address, answer following questions (please, use complete sentences. In parenthesis (I provided my answers as examples):

1. In which Texas House District you currently reside?

(I currently live in Texas House district 131)

2. Who is your representative in Texas House and what is her or his party affiliation?

(My representative is Alma Allen. She is Democrat.)

 3. Who is your Texas Senator and what Texas Senate District she or he represents?  What is your senator party affiliation?

(My Senator is Boris Miles and he represents Texas Senate District 13. He is Democrat)

4. When will your Senator face next Texas Senate election?

(Senator Miles will face next Texas Senate election in 2021.)

 In first part of Assignment 2, you learned who is your house representative and senator in Texas Congress!

Now let us check their voting records!

Assignment 2 Part B

Good and convenient place to go is website votesmart.org. (Links to an external site.)

First, you need to enter the name of your currently elected Texas House representative and Texas Senate Representative.  Secondly, you will click on his or her “votes”.

 After clicking on “votes”, you will be prompted to a long list of different issues, from abortion and agriculture to laws related to guns and marijuana legalization.

Please, make sure you choose 2 issues for each of your representatives (Texas House representative and your Texas senator). Also provide official name of the bill/ law that your representatives voted.

After writing issue (particular bill/ law), describe how voting records of your representatives correspond with your position on this issue.

 You either agree or disagree with your representatives.

 Based on the fact whether you agree or disagree with your representatives, label each of your representative as "trustee" or "delegate" type representatives.

This assignment requires no citations!