How can I find out how my Congressman voted on a particular bill? Is there a web site that will tell me?
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Here, try this link:\nhttp://clerk.house.gov/legisAct/votes.html
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Cliffs Notes???  LOL!\n\nOne house proposes legislation and votes on it.  If it is passed, then it goes to the other house to be voted on.  If it passes there too, the president will sign or veto it.
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Here you go: http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html
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House Bill number 3347.\n\nIf you want to know what the house bill is, google it.
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Knowing there affiliation will help you know a little more about there agenda.\n\nI would hate to know I voted for a Republican.
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You can always go to the webpages for the U.S. House and Senate. Through those pages you can see the congressional schedule and the various bills under consideration.
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NOW Is The Time To CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN And Let Your STATE REPRESENTATIVES Know How You Feel About This Issue\n\n\nIF YOU Want YOUR VOICE To Be Heard THIS IS WHERE IT COUNTS\n\nDO NOT Let WASHINGTON Decide The Fate Of This Issue\n\nIF You Are A STUDENT...ALERT Your PARENTS To CALL TODAY
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yup...look at these two sites.  You can look up your rep by zip code.  Click on votes, and your good to go.\n\nhttp://www.senate.gov/\nhttp://www.house.gov/
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Also you can try the link below.  A Great Big WOOO-HOOOO to you.  Thanks for helping spread the word!  It is so easy to contact the correct lawmaker for your district.
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Get in touch with your Congressmen, particularly in the House.  This is very much a real debate, and they are looking to the voters.
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type in "Illinois state representatives" into www.google.com :)
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Try www.house.gov and www.senate.gov - see if they have historical info on the make-up of both bodies.  These are teh official House and Senate websites.
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The basic method...\nWrite a bill and get some co-sponsors.\nThe bill gets directed to the appropriate Congressional committee for discussion and review.  It may be rejected for modification, rejected outright or approved.  If approved, it is then put on the calendar for approval by the entire house of Congress.\nIf the bill requires both houses to approve, the same will be done in both houses.  During the approval process, it may be modified/amended outright, sent back to committee for further review, rejected completely or approved.\nOnce approved it goes to the President.  If both houses approve the bill, however in slightly different ways, there is a joint committee that compromises the bill to something both houses agree with before sending it to the President.\nOnce the President gets it, he can either sign it or veto it.  If vetoed, it needs 2/3 of Congress to override.\n\nThe real way is a lot dirtier.  It involves trading of favors (you vote for my bill, I'll vote for yours), attempts to tack on riders and amendments (adding money for a pork project to an unrelated bill) and a lot of petty partisan politics.
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http://www.politics1.com/tn.htm\n\nOkay, if you go the above link, you will find first, your candidates for US Senator.  Then below that you will find you candidates for US House of Representatives. That is under US Congress, district four.  I don't know how to tell you about you state and local candidates.
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California (as well as a few other states) have what is called referendum votes where key issues can be presented to the people depending on how the issue arrived in Congress.  The federal government doesnt have this system.  That is why we have a representative democracy government in the first place.  If you want to speak out on one side of a particular issue - write a letter or e-mail to your rep or senator.  They actually respond back.  I have e-mailed them on a number of occasions and they really do like to hear from their constituents.  Just make sure you are writing something logical and rational or give a personal experience.  Dont say something like "you f*ck*in idiot vote against this stupid f*c*ing bill" or they wont listen.  But they do listen when people write heart felt letters and e-mails stating their opinions.  I have worked with numerous members of our elected government - despite what most people think - they really will listen
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Contact the local Republican HQ ... they have this information.
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actually yahoo does a fantastic job of figuring that out for you.  It's kinda cool.  Just pick your state and Rep, then below the picture choose the option "key votes".  Also you can go to their specific website.