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Question 1. What is the name of your chosen federal-level legislator and what is his/her office? What is his/her race/ethnicity, gender, and religious affiliation? What political party doess/he belong to? Doess/he share your preferred party preference? How long hass/he been in office?

Question 2. On the website for your legislator, there will be a section labeled "Bills Sponsored". Click on "View All" to see a list of that legislator's list of sponsored legislation. Select and describe two pieces of legislation sponsored by your legislator during the most recent regular legislative session. (If your legislator has not sponsoreda bill before, you should describe his/her two most recent co-sponsored bills).

Question 3. Compare and contrast the mission and goals of your chosen interest group with the political beliefs and legislative priorities of your chosen legislator, providing AT LEAST two specificexamples of either agreement or disagreement between them. Has your chosen interest group endorsed your elected legislator? What, if any, role do you think this interest group had in getting your legislator elected?

Question 4. Why do you think your chosen legislator was able to win their most immediately recent general election? In order to answer this question, you must include a description of the demographic makeup of your district (if you are writing about your US House member) or state (if you are writing about your US Senator). That demographic makeup should includerace/ethnicity, gender, and the level of voting turnout.Was your legislator an incumbent officeholder prior to his/her most recent election, and was this a factor in getting elected?This information could be located on the web page of your chosen legislator, but might need to be gathered via other appropriate sources (see requirements above regarding citation sources).

Question 5. Now that you have this information, (please assume/pretend you are eligible to vote) are you more or less likely to vote in the next election? Why? Would you vote to keep this legislator, or would you vote for his/her opponent? Why?Would your cultural and family background affect your vote for this legislator? Why?