¶ … Congressional Senators GEORGIA AND ITS SENATORS

Named after King George 2 of Great Britain, the State of Georgia is situated in the South Eastern side of the United States. The state was the last state to be set up in 1732 among initial thirteen colonies. It was the fourth to sign the United States constitution on January 2, 1788. Georgia is neighbored by Florida on the South, Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina on the East, Alabama on the west and Tennessee and North Carolina on the north, with part of the state, the north, being in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Since 1868, the capital city of Georgia since 1868 has been Atlanta, situated in North- Central part of Georgia. By 2010, Atlanta had been ranked as the city with the highest population in Georgia with a total number of 420,000 people (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011).

The State of Georgia

The metropolitan region of Atlanta is both the cultural and economic hub of the south east. In 2010, it accommodated 5,268,860 people, which was 53.6% of Georgia's population. Though Atlanta is ranked as the country's 9th biggest metropolitan region, Georgia has other fourteen cities whose population, based on an estimated census report in 2012, was above 50,000 residents. They are Smyrna, Valdosta, Marietta, Alpharetta, Robins, Warner, John's Creek, Albany, Roswell, Springs, Sandy, Athens, Savannah, Macon, Augusta and Columbus in ascending order. Together with the other regions of the South East, the number of people in Georgia is increasing at a high rate with major growth occurring in the urban regions. Between the year 2000 and 2010, the Atlanta metropolitan region has not only risen to the position of the 9th largest metropolitan region, but also increased the number of people by 1.23 million, which is equivalent to 24%.

In 2010, Georgia's gross state product was $403 billion and in 2011, it was ranked 39th in the country since its per capita individual income stood at $35,979 (Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM, n.d.) Had Georgia been an independent nation, its economy would have been ranked 28th largest in the world. Georgia is home to headquarters of huge companies such as Home Depot, Coca-Cola, UPS, Aflac, Delta Air Lines, Sun Trust Banks and Southern company. Harts field - Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world in terms of human and aircraft traffic, is also situated in Georgia.

Georgia's estimated investment capital of $23 billion is from the over 1700 headquartered international ventures that are a representative of 43 countries providing jobs to over 112,000 Georgians.

Atlanta, however, has made a large impact on Georgia and the south Eastern side of the United States. This is due to rapid growth in the communication, service and real estate sectors, attraction sites like World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium (ranked the largest in the world, 2010 Guinness World Records), Zoo Atlanta and Stone mountains; all contributing to Georgia's growth (Associated Press, 2010).

Does Your State Lean on Republican or Democrat? Why?

For almost 20 years, no Democrat candidate running for presidency of state has won. This almost confirms that the people of Georgia are as politically red as the state's clay. With the governor, both U.S. senators and elected officials being republicans, it is no surprise that legislature republicans hold more seats in the senate. Polls dating to 2006 and 2002 reflected that more voters were Republicans and this has not changed by last year. Each of the 15 offices in the state is occupied by a republican. Based on the voting patterns, no conclusion can be made to support the existence of more Democrats compared to Republicans in Georgia (Davis & Stirgus, 2012).

Senators, Party affiliation, Background, Length of Service, Voting Record, and Key Issues

David Perdue

Born in December 10, 2015, David Alfred Perdue, Jr. is an American politician. He is also the junior U.S. Senator from Georgia, elected to succeed Senator Saxby Chambliss after he retired. Perdue garnered the most votes in Georgia's Republican primary election on May 20, 2014, and won a runoff against Representative Jack Kingston on July 22, 2014. Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn lost to Perdue on November 4, 2014. On January 3, 2015, Perdue took office.

Perdue said that he joined politics because he was concerned about the rising level of national debt. He supports reviewing and replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and a comprehensive tax reform and a constitutional balanced budget amendment. He has vowed, if elected, to only serve in the Senate for two terms, equivalent to 12 years (Gaines, 2014).

Johnny Isakson

John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson was born in December 28, 1944. He is Georgia's senior U.S. Senator. Isakson has been in office since 2005, and is an associate of the Do the senators follow the delegate or trustee concept of a legislator?

Isakson adheres to the delegate notion of a legislator, whereby an elected representative votes the way his or her constituents would require of him, regardless of individual standings. David Purdue, on the other hand, is a trustee legislator. He gave particular importance to veteran's affairs, presupposing a leadership function in hearings involving the Veterans Choice, Access, as well as 2014 Accountability Act that had been enacted to deal with the improprieties in running Veterans hospitals. Additionally, he had been involved in global trade, notably working to reinforce the standing of his local state as a partner in trade. Furthermore, he cosponsored acts, which might restructure the federal budget procedures by changing it from a yearly to a biannual base, with the initial year centering on appropriations and subsequently the second on expenditure control (McNamee, 2016).

Would you support your senators' re-election to office? Why or why not?

Yes. Both are skilled and experienced politicians with expertise and political know- how to be able to represent the people of Georgia and impact their lives in a positive way. They seem to have the good of the state at heart.

Conclusion

The biggest state among the U.S. states east of the Mississippi River, Georgia, was established in 1732, at a time when its boundaries were even broader -- including most of what are now Mississippi and Alabama states. It is the youngest state amongst the 13 states formerly colonized by the English.

Capital: Atlanta

Population: 9,687,653 (2010)

Size: 59,425 square miles

Nickname(s): Empire State of the South; Peach State

Motto: Wisdom, Justice and Moderation

Tree: Live Oak

Flower: Cherokee rose

Bird: Brown Thrasher

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Georgia is the largest producer of peaches, peanuts, pecans and Vidalia onions, commonly referred to as the world's sweetest onions, (which cannot be grown elsewhere other than the fields near Glennville and Vidalia) in the country. Lastly, Coca-Cola is another pleasantry from Peach State discovered in Atlanta in the year 1886.

References

Associated Press . (2010). Aquarium sets Guinness record - Official from world record book says aquarium is world's largest. Retrieved from ajc.com: http://web.archive.org/web/20110629132436/http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/aquarium-sets-guinness-record-597545.html

Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM. (n.d.). Per Capita Personal Income by State. Retrieved from Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM: http://bber.unm.edu/econ/us-pci.htm

Davis, J., & Stirgus, E. (2012, September 10). Which party has more supporters? Retrieved from http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2012/sep/10/mike-berlon/which-party-has-more-supporters/

Gaines, J. (2014, August 21). Nunn, Perdue take different tacks at forum. Retrieved from Ledger-Enquirer: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/08/21/3259483/nunn-perdue-take-different-tacks.html

McNamee, G. L. (2016). Johnny Isakson. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/biography/Johnny-Isakson

US Census Bureau. (2011, March 17). 2010.census.gov. Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau: http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn97.html

Discussion on Unit 6, 7, 8 and 9

Institution

Discussion on Unit 6, 7, 8 and 9

Unit 6

Women have been struggling for full legal equality under the law since ages. Even after "Lucretia Moot Amendment" in 1923, it was guaranteed that men and women will have equal rights in every region of the United States (Francis, n.d.), yet in the modernized America, there are several cases of legal sex discrimination. Historically, the first need of legal sex equality rose during 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott joined to work against discrimination. After many speeches, the vote to right was passed but the public was not ready to give full equal right to women under law. The first amendment regarding women's right to vote was allowed by Congress in 1919. During the 1960's, the struggle to end women slavery and granting of the women's birth right to vote became another strong emblem for their struggle. From then onwards, the equal rights amendments has been introduced into the Congress several times, which shows that women's struggle have been brought into practice under the law.

However, the world's strongest economy, the United States, still does not guarantee full equal rights under the law after numerous struggles since 1923. Women are paid less than men and 75% of the elderly Americans are living in poverty that are mostly women (Biddle, 2014). The same is the case in Georgia; this state does not have any comprehensive law that prohibits employment discrimination. The Georgia Fair Employment Act of 1978 mentions such legal equality but is not practiced in private companies (Business and Legal Resources, n.d.).

Unit 7

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