Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American retired educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire,a seat she has held since January 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,she also served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002,informally known as the Iraq Resolution,is a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in October 2002 as Public Law No. 107-243,authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against Saddam Hussein's Iraq government in what would be known as Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Richard Edmund Neal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district since 1989. The district,numbered as the 2nd district from 1989 to 2013,includes Springfield,West Springfield,Pittsfield,Holyoke,Agawam,Chicopee and Westfield,and is much more rural than the rest of the state. A member of the Democratic Party,Neal has been the dean of Massachusetts's delegation to the United States House of Representatives since 2013,and he is also the dean of the New England House delegations.
Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. is an American attorney,politician,and diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See since 2022. A Democrat,he represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013 and in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.
Carl Michael Sciortino Jr. is an American politician serving as executive director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. A Democrat from Massachusetts,he represented the 34th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2014. The district includes parts of Medford and Somerville. Sciortino was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed Ed Markey as a U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th district. He lost to Katherine Clark. His campaign’s television commercial with his father,a member of the Tea Party,received national publicity and went viral online.
Mark James DeSaulnier is an American politician who has served as a U.S. representative from California since 2015. He has represented the 10th congressional district since 2023,although it was previously numbered the 11th district for his first eight years in office. The district includes most of Contra Costa County,a suburban county in the East Bay. He has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2000;before that,he was a Republican.
Catherine Norah "Cathy" Muñoz is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives,who from 2009 to 2017 represented the 34th District. She served as Co-Chair of the Community and Regional Affairs Committee,Vice-Chair of the Education Committee,and served two terms on the House Finance Committee. She served as Co-Chair of the Community &Regional Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Education Committee. Muñoz has been a small business owner since 1988. She was appointed by Governor Michael J. Dunleavy in 2018 to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Muñoz was a third-generation member of the Alaska Legislature. Her father served in the Alaska House and Senate,her grandfather as the mayor of Douglas,Alaska and in the Territorial and State Senates,and her grandmother served in the Territorial House.
The Affordable Health Care for America Act was a bill that was crafted by the United States House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress on October 29,2009. The bill was sponsored by Representative Charles Rangel. At the encouragement of the Obama administration,the 111th Congress devoted much of its time to enacting reform of the United States' health care system. Known as the "House bill,”HR 3962 was the House of Representatives' chief legislative proposal during the health reform debate.
William Lee Enyart,Jr. is an American General and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 12th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,Enyart was elected on November 6,2012,and assumed office on January 3,2013. Enyart is a former attorney and Adjutant General of Illinois.
John Joseph Rizzo is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate since January 2017. In 2020,Rizzo was elected by his colleagues to serve as Minority Floor Leader. Prior to his election into the Senate,Rizzo was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives,serving the 19th and 40th districts from 2011 to 2017. In the House,Rizzo also served as Democratic Minority Whip.
John Christopher Velis is an American state legislator and Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate since 2020. He previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district,which includes his hometown of Westfield,and currently represents the Hampden and Hampshire district after the 2020 census. Prior his election to the state senate,Velis was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020.
Paul D. Ralston is a former Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives,representing Vermont House of Representatives Addison—1 District from 2010 to 2015. Ralston did not seek re-election in 2014.
Erin Suzanne Houchin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she represented the 47th district in the Indiana Senate from 2014 to 2022.
Lori Ann Trahan is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district since 2019. The district covers Boston's northwestern suburbs,and includes Lowell,Lawrence,Concord,and Trahan's hometown,Westford. A Democrat,she formerly served as chief of staff to Representative Marty Meehan in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
Kate Lipper-Garabedian is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 32nd Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She was previously a City Councillor in Melrose,Massachusetts.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Middlesex County. Democrat Tami Gouveia of Acton has represented the district since 2019.
Cory Mills is an American businessman,defense contractor,and politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 7th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he worked in various organizations as a security specialist and a business executive before being elected to Congress in 2022.
Elijah James Crane is an American politician and businessman elected as the U.S. representative from Arizona's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Crane served in the United States Navy SEALs and co-founded Bottle Breacher,a company that manufactures bottle openers made of 50-caliber shell casings. In the 2022 House elections,Crane defeated incumbent Democrat Tom O'Halleran.
Eddie Andrews is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 43rd district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office in 2021.
Beatrice Perin Barker Hall was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. Hall served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for a total of 28 years,serving non-consecutively from 1970 until 2008.
