Congress person and laws

Step #1: Find your congress person at

Step #2: Find ten Laws, Committees, or interests of your US congress Person and fill in the blanks on an excel spread sheet. Put a one next to each goal the Law, committee, or interest represents. More than one goal can fit the Law, committee, or interest.

Goal

Law

Short Description

Equitable Distribution of income

Econ Freedom

Econ Growth

Price Stab

Econ Sec

Full Employ and Prod

Comments

1. Small business loans

Loan program

1

0

1

0

0

1

A bill

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

3

.

.

10

Summary

10

3

2

1

6

4

Step #3: List the Goals of economics according to how you rank them and write a few sentences on why you rank them the way you do. Total the numbers of each goal at the bottom of the list. The highest total indicates the highest rank.

Step #4: Write a paragraph comparing the congressperson’s goals and yours and tell me if you would vote for that person.

Sample Solution