Blagojevich was a Republican before becoming a Democrat when he decided to run for Congress.
Most of them are lawyers. Most of them had experience either in Congress or as a state governor.
Jimmy Carter
About 34 out of 55 were lawyers in the Constitutional Convention. About 34 out of 55 were lawyers in the Constitutional Convention.
Yes, he was a lifelong Democrat; first elected to Congress during the New Deal which he staunchly supported. He went on to become the Dem. Senate Leader and then Vice-President before President.
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Most members of congress are lawyers.
Blagojevich was a Republican before becoming a Democrat when he decided to run for Congress.
Most of them are lawyers. Most of them had experience either in Congress or as a state governor.
535
In the current session which is about to end there are 53 which is a majority for the Democratic Party.
It isn't.
Yes, Nathan Bedford ran as a Democrat in 1868 for Memphis alderman and was eventually elected to the US Congress as a Democrat.
That's why the country is in the mess it's in. Both parties of Congressmen posses Bar numbers - are attorneys. These folks know the loopholes in the law as most of them create or vote on law and gluttonously capitalize from this knowledge. "We the People" need to level the playing field AND create law stating any person in or elected to office of Congress can not or ever had possesed a law bar number.
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