rbelville

Rachel Belville, Michigan, Moderate.

The Senator that I most agree with is Debbie Ann Stabenow who is a Democrat. Her webpage is: []
 * Senator I most agree with**

1. Michigan was admitted into the union in 1837 as the 26th state. 2. Michigan is the 11th biggest state. 3. The state bird is the Robin 4.The state nickname is the "Wolverine State." 5. Michigan has 96,705 square miles.
 * 5 interesting facts about Michigan**

1. Unemployment 2. Car Industry 3. Water Pollution
 * 3 issues most important to me**

1.Unemployment in Michigan was the highest in the nation at 15.2% 2. Michigan closed eight prisons to conserve money 3. Shipping brings different plants to the Great Lakes and pollutes them. The Great Lakes are greatly relied on. 4. Michigan's unemployment streak is the longest since the Great Depression 5. The administration of the president provided $475 million to restore the lakes
 * 5 interesting facts about the issues most important to me in Michigan**

Although unemployment is an amazing thing, it only lasts for about 11 weeks. I feel like there should be more opportunities to put more people in jobs.
 * Unemployment** is a huge issue to me. Since my issue is economy, this fits right in. So many people in our country are out of jobs.

Michigan is one of the worst cities to be in right now because of the unemployment rate. If we were to get more companies in Michigan, there would be more jobs.
 * The car industry** is also another topic that I was interested in. Since Michigan's economy is mostly based off of the car industry, i feel like we should do something to help it.

Thiscreates pollution in the water.
 * Water pollution** is a big issue too. This is because raw sewage is dumped into the Great lakes, as well as animal carcasses.

http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/SB34
 * My Bill:**

The purpose of the bill is to help bring more jobs to America. The bill is pretty much about bulldozing abandoned buildings in cities and turning them into farmland. We will hire people to work on the farmland and harvest crops. This will give more jobs to people who need them and decrease prices of grown food. This will help the economy a lot because of the fact that we will have more income to the government. Although this may seem like a risky thing, there are many positives. Positives like more attractive cities in the US, more employed people, less homeless, and also some obesity rates going down. Because of the drop in prices of locally grown produce, people will start buying it because it is so cheap. [] [] [] [] []
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