Its when a congressman inserts money into the federal budget to go to a specific contractor, or for a specific contract. Usually in his district. In a fashion, it circumvents the traditional Planning Programming and Budgeting system. But sometimes that's the way it works
The Congressional Fellowship is a program to set up fellowships with congressmen. There are several programs throughout the country that set these up including the White House Fellows and the Congressional Award.
what is the process of setting up new congressional districts after reapportionment called
Gerrymandering
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Redistricting
redistricting
congressional goals.
Redistricting.
redistricting
There are 29 Representatives from New York in the US House of Representatives, as of January 2011.Bishop, Timothy, 1st Congressional DistrictIsrael, Steve, 2nd Congressional DistrictKing, Pete, 3rd Congressional DistrictMcCarthy, Carolyn, 4th Congressional DistrictAckerman, Gary, 5th Congressional DistrictMeeks, Gregory W., 6th Congressional DistrictCrowley, Joseph, 7th Congressional DistrictNadler, Jerrold, 8th Congressional DistrictWeiner, Anthony D., 9th Congressional DistrictTowns, Edolphus, 10th Congressional DistrictClarke, Yvette D., 11th Congressional DistrictVelázquez, Nydia M., 12th Congressional DistrictGrimm, Michael, 13th Congressional DistrictMaloney, Carolyn, 14th Congressional DistrictRangel, Charles B., 15th Congressional DistrictSerrano, José E., 16th Congressional DistrictEngel, Eliot, 17th Congressional DistrictLowey, Nita, 18th Congressional DistrictHayworth, Nan, 19th Congressional DistrictGibson, Chris, 20th Congressional DistrictTonko, Paul D., 21st Congressional DistrictHinchey, Maurice, 22nd Congressional DistrictOwens, Bill, 23rd Congressional DistrictHanna, Richard, 24th Congressional DistrictBuerkle, Ann Marie, 25th Congressional DistrictLee, Christopher J., 26th Congressional DistrictHiggins, Brian, 27th Congressional DistrictSlaughter, Louise, 28th Congressional DistrictReed, Tom, 29th Congressional District[January 2011]
Congressional REcord
Illinois has 19 Congressional Districts.There are 19 Congressional districts in Illinois.