legislative for MATHGUY18 ONLY

Part 1​: You are to research information on your members of Congress in both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate and your state senator and state representative.

You can retrieve this information from the following websites: ● The secretary of state’s office where you live, for example, in Massachusetts it is www.wheredoivotema.com ●

The website for state government where you live, for example, in Massachusetts it is www.mass.gov/legis ●

The library of the U.S. Congress: www.thomas.gov ●

The U.S. House of Representatives: www.house.gov ●

The U.S. Senate: www.senate.gov Next, answer the following questions by writing a double-spaced paper that is no longer than four pages.

Please include in the paper the name of your city/town and the zip code.

1. What are the names of your U.S. senators, U.S. representative? Also, look up your elected officials in your state legislature, general court, or state assembly.

2. What is each elected official’s political party?

3. What is your voting district?

4. Identify all the committees that your elected officials belong to. What are the names of these committees? Are they in a position of leadership within the committee?

5. Contact the office of ONE​ of your elected officials to find out information about what one or two top priority bills or issues that they are working on.

6. What is your position on these issues/bills? Why?

7. Are these issues in line with social work ethics and values?

Part 2​: Go to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) website (www.socialworkers.org) or the NASW Chapter website for the state that you live in and search for the legislative agenda and/or other events that are politically or socially conscious. Write one page, double-spaced about one issue that NASW is working on that is of interest to you and why.