Whos your Congressman
After several laps in circles in my head, I decided to give up. I did not know the person who was representing my district. The first step involved jumping on the internet and surfing for a "Congressman finder", if you will. I type the word congressman in the space provided. The search engine displayed several different topics to choose from and finally I see the site for a general purpose. Voila! I had become one step closer to find my Representative. After clicking in different places, I landed on the Postal Office web site. Why? You might ask yourself. This general site was to find my "guy" by typing in a five-digit zip code. I was thrilled and could hardly contain myself. I enter the code and it gives me an answer of "There are multiple Representatives who share your 5-digit ZIP code ( 21234 ). Please use the Postal Services ZIP+4 Lookup to determine your 9-digit ZIP code." In other words, I still could not locate this person who is representing my district. I decided to actually do something smart. Look on my mail with the rest of my zip code. I put the code in and finally after thirty minutes of fighting for the truth, "The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland, 3rd" (www.house.gov) appeared. I was beside myself.
In conclusion, Ben Cardin has been working hard for the country. He has been working hard for those in Maryland, but these proposals leak into other states. He has a strong moral standard, but also understands that this is the 21st century. I would like to end this paper with the quote from my doctor: I agree with her fully. The truth brought me Ben Cardin, a man with 57 years of age and fourteen consecutive years as the 3rd-District Congressman. How embarrassing is that? He has served seven terms and I found this news several days ago. The three categories: education, healthcare, and childcare are important factors for almost each citizen. Education is the future for every family and the importance of succeeding and relating everyday skills. Healthcare which is important to every citizen, even those without children. Everyone wants to be covered under insurance to be able to get well. Finally, childcare has slipped within the past years, but this bill could provide some hope. The statistics of incline in childcare has come to all time high. Ben Cardin's voting record is as follows from Yahoo! Politics page: Since February of 2000 Ben Cardin has opposed (Nay) twenty times to bills on the boards. Three of the bills failed to make it to the "final cut". The voting record does show that Mr. Cardin is quite agreeable with other political parties, as well as a "Daydream Believer". When I say "Daydream Believer"-I mean that sometimes it might not be the right way to delegate authority. You want the public to know that you are in support of what the majority wants, but is it necessarily right what the majority needs? He preached what he calls "the group result"(The Sun, B) an approach that invited all of his colleagues from both parties into a broad band. With this said will "Mr. Cardin always be no guts, less glory"? (The Sun, B). The Sun reports that the Americans for Democratic Action give Cardin a "lifetime rating of 86"(The Sun, B). It also further went to quote that he has an American Conservative Union as a rate of 6. The bills that he decided to vote for are bills that are involved with his platform. The three main issues that Mr. Cardin is concerned with are education, health care, and childcare. It seems as though he is quite an advocate for these issues. The Sun also reports that Cardin votes in a "straight Democratic Line; seldom indulges in the unexpected"(The Sun, B). This statement would then be contradicted sentences later explaining that he once surprised many by voting against the "Republican-shaped budget" (The Sun, B). Cardin "thought the budget bill had been rammed through in secret, without even time to read the bill carefully" (The Sun, B). In this case it would show Cardin as a fair and honest politician. The third and final issue that Cardin is a strong advocate of is ChildCare. The theme with Cardin all has to do with the next generation. He is conc
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