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Name: __//**Sophie Smith**//__ Political Party: __//**Liberal Democrat**//__ Representative than is most like me: **//__[|Niki Tsongas]__//** Niki's issues:
 * //__Comments:__//** Niki Tsongas is all for abortion and civil rights. Also she would like there to be green public schools, $40B going to worthy schools in the United States, conservation of energy and oil to increase. All of her ideas on certain issues have almost to exactly matched mine. She seems like a person devoted to saving the environment and making the world a better place. I support her fully.

//__**5 facts about Massachusetts:**__// 1. The name Massachusetts was given by the Native American-Indian Tribe, the Algonquian, meaning "A big hill place." 2. Is 10,555 sq. ft. 3. The first sewing machine was made in Massachusetts in 1845. 4. Major occupations there are making electronics, making textiles publishing books, fishing, and educating. 5. Mt. Greylock in Massachusetts is 3,491 feet above sea level.

1. The __No Child Left Behind Campaign__ is trying to help urban, or children who live in big cities, by setting higher standards for them to meet. They also are trying to get state funding to help them along the way of reaching the new standard. 2. The superior gender used to be males in the 70's, then it turned neutral, but now girls are said to have more capability to learn more and faster than boys. 3.The National Energy Act of 1978, was passed to help people from being dependent on natural gas. 4.Hybrid cars being purchased spiked, increasing by 38%, in 2007. 5. The Marine Mammal Protection Act went into effect on October 21, 1972
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//__**3 Issues** that are importants to me:__// 1. **Education** is imperative to this country's survival, other than economically. If no one was educated, than we would have a huge problem talking to those that speak a different language, let alone those that even speak the same language. People are educated everyday with different things that they never knew about before. It can be from as simple as knowing what someone did that weekend, to things as big as the 8.9 Japanese earthquake that happened on March 11, 2011, and the 30 foot tsunami waves that crashed into their cities a mere half an hour later. Neglecting children of education is cruel and unfortunately not always unusual punishment. It isn't physical but mentally debilitating.

2.**Energy & Oil** usage has dramatically changed the CO2 levels in the air and has turned many people's heads to listen. Many people are having problems with paying for gas, and most highschoolers that have jobs give up most of the paycheck to fill up the tank. One day the amount of fossil fuels will be drastically low, forcing more people to try to find another source to power their cars. Hopefully it will be a renewable resource, so they wouldn't have to go through it again. Many laws that restrict the amount of nonrenewable resources are at the point where people recognize them, but don't take them very seriously. The amount of laws will probably get so big that America will be forced to find a renewable resource to use.

3.**Animal Protection** is needed in this world. Without it there would be no restrictions to expanding towns and creating new ones while cutting down rainforests, polluting waters, and giving animals less space to live. The Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 was created to protect waters that endagered animals live in. It can restrict polluters from going in the waters, and fishers from fishing endagered animals. There are many different leagues that help in the finding of animal cruelty, helping those that are found, and sending money to those who need it. After natural disasters, many societies donate money that was donateed to them to help. Some big society names are WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals), the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), and the APL ( Animal Protection League)

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 * __HB52: Outlawing Alcohol in the United States:__**
 * Purpose:** The purpose for the Outlawing Alcohol in the United States law is to make the country safer and significantly decrease or even eliminate death or other harmful actions due to being under the influence of alcohol.