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1. Deb Fisher
Senator (the instructor will assign you a senator). The following questions will help you to
organize your paper. 1. What were the major steps in the Senator’s political career that led
her to the Senate? 2. When was she first elected to the Senate? 3. What committees in the
Senate does she serve on and in what capacity? 4. What specific legislation has the Senator
sponsored? Summarize what the Legislation was about. (If she has sponsored several,
choose 1). 5. What issues and policies have the Senator focused on recently? Choose 1 and
summarize her stand on it. There are 23 female senators in office right now (in the U.S.
Senate, NOT in the senates of individual states). You can access the Senator’s own
congressional website by searching her name. you can use other sources as well as long as
they offer reliable information. Page requirements: 3-5 pages double-spaced), including a
Works Cited or Reference Page with 3-5 academic sources formatted in MLA or APA style.
All writing assignments must be typed and properly cited using MLA or APA documentation
style of writing if outside sources are used. MLA or APA Documentation: Follow the MLA or
APA style of documentation (parenthetical notations and works cited), because you must
provide attribution for any ideas that are paraphrased and for quotations taken from the
textbook, websites, news articles, etc. If you are not familiar with MLA or APA style, the MLA
or APA handbook is available in the library for your reference.#Deb #Fisher