Business Law
The U.S. Government
Use the following home pages to find the answers to the following questions.
Visit www.senate.gov to answer the following questions:
1.
What are the requirements to become a U. S. Senator?
2.
Who represents Illinois in the U. S. Senate? What party do they belong to?
3.
How many Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are in the Senate? Who is the
Independent and where is he from?
4.
What state does Senator Mike Crapo represent?
5.
What state does Senator Patty Murray represent?
6.
Who is the Majority Leader and what is his party?
7.
Who is the Minority Leader and what is his party?
8.
Who is President of the Senate?
9.
Who is responsible for reporting all bills, messages from the House, conference reports,
and amendments to the Senate?
10.
What is a Senator’s salary?
11.
How many women have served in the Senate?
12.
How many minorities have served in the Senate?
13.
Who were the first African-American man and woman to serve in the Senate?
Visit www.house.gov to answer the following questions:
1.
How many representatives does Illinois have?
2.
List three representatives from Illinois.
Visit www.whitehouse.gov to answer the following questions:
1.
For what type of special occasions will the President send you a greeting?
2.
List one news release topic for May 2004.
3.
List three Cabinet positions and the heads of that position.
4.
List three offices included in the Executive Office of the President.