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Web Sources Assignment 10

Web Sources Assignment 10

Q Web Sources Assignment 10 Due Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 (by 11:55pm): Find 3- 5 recent/current articles (2021-2022) or current news sources (2021-2022) related to this week’s class theme of Congress (see examples on the Canvas page for the week). Cite your sources for each article properly. Summarize the main point(s) of each article in two to three paragraphs per article. State why you believe each of the articles you have chosen are in fact relevant to this week’s topic. Save on desktop as MSWord document or pdf and upload into online class shell by following the prompts from the course link. (Format: Two typed pages, 1 ½ spaced, 12 pt font, MLA format with Your Name and Paper Title on First Page, typed as MSWord doc or docx or PDF. Other formats such as Pages or text files are not acceptable and will receive an automatic 0 on the paper.) (For sample first page of paper see Home Page of Canvas Shell.)

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In this article we see that the 117th Congress has over a quarter of women, which is a lot more than what was there in the past 10 years. Even though the number is still low, it is considerably higher than the past Congress. Women comprise for 40% of House Democrats and 32% of Senate Democrats, compared with 14% of House Republicans and 16% of Senate Republicans. The article also sheds light at the history of women representation in Congress. It shows that women have been a part of the Congress since the beginning for over a century.