Legislative Branch

Gerrymandering is when politicians,

• convince people to vote for them

• evenly distribute the people in an area to keep things equal

• dividing the map to their advantage

• slander Gerry

The U.S. senators for NY are:

• Chuck Schumer

• Chris Jacobs

• Kirsten Gilibrand

• Caroline Whitlock

In economic theories Laisse Faire is

• Far left

• Mid left

• Middle

• Mid right

• Far right

Currently the senate is split 51/50 50 of them being ______ and 51 of them being ______

Why does the senate technically have 51 democrats and 50 republicans when there are only supposed to be 100 people?

Who represents you in the house of representatives?

• Chris Jacobs

• Jerrold Nadler

• Gregory Meeks

• Tom Reed

A filibuster is...

• A refusal

• Filling out bills

• A threat

• A long speech to prevent the senate from voting on a topic

What is immigration?

What does it mean to be a refugee?

How do you think we can improve our legislative houses?