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INDIANA
**Name:** Sammy Miller **State:** Indiana **Political Party:** Moderate Republican. **Congress Person:** Congressman's name: Mike Pence Party: Republican I chose Mike Pence because I like view on education.... "Education is not within the scope of the limited government contemplated by the founders of our federal system. Rather, education is a function of state and local government and a child's parents, who are best positioned to know what is best for their child." -Congressman Mike Pence and his view on health care.... "I support commonsense solutions to make health care more affordable, reduce the number of uninsured Americans, and increase quality at a price our country can afford-- while making sure that Americans who like their health care coverage can keep it." -Congressman Mike Pence
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** Endorsment for President in 2012: **  I favor [|Mitt Romney] for president in 2012. I like that he wants to improve education. When he was governer of Massachusetts his first and eighth grade students ranked top in the nation. He also wants to improve health care and lower the costs of it. He wants each state to have health care based on its citizens. Mitt Romney wants to improve jobs ans economic growth. His plan is to reduce taxes, spending, regulation, and government programs. He wants to increase trade, energy production, human capital, and labor flexibility. Based on his view on certain issues, I think Mitt Romney will make a great president in the up coming election.

Our bill is Computers for Kids. It is a program that saves the eniviroment, speciffically trees, by providing every student from the third grade to the seniors in highschool with a laptop. This will help parents because they won't need to pay for school supplies. Schools don't have to buy paper and ink and textbooks. Also they won't need computer labs because everyone will have their own laptops. Kids won't have to haul heavy backpacks between school and home. Students ca which is very costly.n purchase laptops through the schools by monthly payments. If standardized tests and all school assignments are online kids will be more organized. Computers for kids will save thousands of trees. It won't be too expensive because most kids can pay the cost through mothly payments. With the monety we save on school supplies we can buy laptops for the less fortunate students. Why would you waste so much paper when you don't have to?
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**5 Interesting Facts:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) Indiana is one of few states to grow spearmint and peppermint. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Indiana is where the Indianapolis 500 takes place which is the most famous car race in the world. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Indiana is one of the top agricultural states in the union. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) The annual highschool basketball tournament known as Hoosier Hysteria recieves antional attention and has been made into a motion picture. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**5 reasons why someone would want to visit Indiana:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) Indiana has a annual The Indiana State Fair <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) It is the covered bridge capital of the world so you could look at the bridges <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3)You can visit Holiday World, where they have the world's number 1 voted wooden roller coaster. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) You can vivit The Albanese Candy Factory, where they have the worls best gummies! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) You can vist the Indiannapolis motor speedway! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**3 main resources:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) corn <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) coal <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) cattle <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**3 biggest employers:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1)E-gineering, LLC Indianapolis <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) Lawson-Fisher Associates P.C. South Bend <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) CONTACT by design
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Paragraph on Issues:(FROM BEGINING OF THE YEAR)** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are many important issues in America today. An issue that is important to me is childhood obesity. Kids these days are over weight and not healthy. They do not eat right or get the exersize they need. I believe it is because of technology. Kids are inside watching T.V, playing video games, chatting on facebook, listening to their i pod instead of playing and doing activities outside. This is important because being overweight can cause disease such as diabetes which can cause death. Another issue that is important to me is bullying at school. Bullying at school is not just harmful to kids in school it can also cause sucicide. Bullying has become a bigger issue at schools because of technology such as facebook. It is easier for kids to offend other students when bullying is done online. I think that no lives should be taken because of some mean kids at school. Bullying and obesity can cause deaths, deaths that could have been prevented in the first place. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One issue that is most important to me is __Health and Safety__. I think health and safety is important because many Americans today are not in the best health possible for themselves. Many Adults and Children are obese or overweight. This is not healthy and cant lead to serious diseases such as diabetes. A lot of people each fast unhealthy meals because it fits into their scheduele rather than cooking a simple healthy meal. Technology also plays a role in obesity. Kids sit indoors watching T.V, playing video games, chatting on facebook, listening to their ipods, instead of playing sports and getting needed exersize outside. Obeseity is a huge problem, but how do we get families to eat healthier? Another issue that is important to me is __Education__. Education is very important because it prepares each generation for their lives they will have to run as an adult with a job. If no kids are educated and sent to college then there will be no trained professionals for certain jobs. For example if no one was taught to be a doctor, who is going to fill in the spots of retired doctors? With prices for colleges do high, how are kids who can't afford it supposed to get the education they need? If someone is really smart it shoould be cheap for them to go to college since we will need them in future buissnesses. Another issue that I think is important is gun control. Should bad people not be allowed to have guns? Can we use a gun for self defense if our lives are being threatened? I think we have the right to self defense if we are being threatened, but to what extent? Theses are some issue sthat are important to me.
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">State- <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Indiana Overview] "Indiana: Overview." //United States Geography//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. [|Facts about Indiana] [|Travel to Indiana] [|Fun facts about Indiana] [|More facts] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Issues- [|Health Care] Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. "Health Care in America: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. [|Obesity] Thomas, Mary Jo. "Obesity: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. [|Issues in Indiana] "Indiana: Contemporary Issues." //United States Geography//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2012. [|Gun Issue] Carter, Gregg Lee. "Gun Control: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2012 [|Important Indiana Issues] Other- [|Mitt Romney]
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