BR- 1/31/14

• Probably not.

BR- 1/30/14

1. No, we're used to the snow and ice.
2. Yes I could, it would be nice.
3. I find it funny. 

• Male, gray hair, tall.

BR- 1/1714

• No, he shouldn't sue at all. It's ridiculous. It's a baseball field, there's gonna be injury's, he needs to just get over it.

Senate Outline

The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent entire state,
A continuous body: There is never a time in which all seats are up for election at once.
Term Length: 6 years.
Term Limit: There isn't one,

Originally elected by State legislature.

17 Amendment changed procedures to election by voters.

Before this amendment the Senate was nicknamed the Millionaires Club due too the purchasing of seats.

Only one senator for each state is elected at any given election

Exceptions Death and retirement.

Formal

1. 30 years old.
2. Lived in United States for 9 years.
3. Inhabitant of state.

Informal

1. Party, name familiarity, gender, race, political experience, fundraising ability.  

Other Senators can exclude a member with a majority vote

This has been done on 3 occasions

Senators  have the power to punish their colleagues for disorderly conduct

With a 2/3 vote the senate can expel one of its members

This has been done 15 times

14 of which were during the Civil War.

BR- 1/16/14

• No, not really. Watching that show would make anybody not want to have kids.
• I haven't really payed attention to the teen pregnancies in Barbour County, so I don't know.

BR- 1/15/14

• My favorite president was Lincoln. Because he just seemed like an all around good guy. He was intelligent and everything, and he didn't seem to let his ego get too big while being president. 

BR- 1/14/14

• Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller. 
• Mary Poling.

BR- 1/13/14

• I don't think it's representing West Virginia in a bad way, I mean they are trying to get it cleaned up as fast as possible and they told the residents what to do/not to do. So I don't mind West Virginia being represented by it.