Ideologies And Political Parties Of North Carolina Representatives.

Outside of the political spectrum, there is another group of organizations that have perhaps and even stronger grasp on the media than media regulators themselves. The incredibly complex and well organized drug cartels that base themselves mostly in northern Mexico and along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico are in many ways the most influential organizations in the nation’s media. As mentioned earlier, Mexican citizens were granted freedom of the press in the 1857 Federal Constitution giving them expressional rights that closely resembled the United States’ on paper. However, as the cartels ran rampant throughout the country some indirect restrictions were put on these rights. The cartels employ ruthless violence and torture in order to punish those who oppose them, including journalists and reporters who attempt to portray them in a negative light. Over the past decade “there have been ‘172 attacks on press freedom, including nine journalists and two media workers killed’” (Hernandez-Garcia 2012). As a result, anyone reporting on the drug wars is essentially risking his or her own life; a risk the majority of reporters are not willing to take. The fear of being found and captured by the cartel is enough to cause a chilling effect among reporters and even stop some news outlets from reporting on the cartel’s actions at all. That’s not to say that news of the cartels’ actions doesn’t get released to the public. Lepe summarized the media portrayals of the cartel as such:

He represented House District 70. After completing 10 years in the House of Representatives, he was elected to the Texas State Senate where he represented Senate District 8 in both Collin and Dallas counties.

For Texas, the representative is Jimmie Don Aycock. Representative Aycock if from Killen, Texas, which happens to be the neighboring city to Harker Heights. Aycock, a former veterinarian and rancher who also served as a captain in the army, has been the representative for Texas’ House District 54 since his election in 2007. He has won every election since then and continues to serve as representative. In his time as a representative, Aycock has been very active in the communities of Killen and Harker Heights as a “director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Killen Quality of Life Committee,” and even a deacon at his local church (TexasTribune). Currently, Aycock is a member of the Defense & Veterans’ Affairs Committee and is serving as the chair for the Public Education Committee. Some of the other committees he has been involved with include Agriculture and Livestock and Higher Education Committees (TexasTribune). One of the notable things about Representative Aycock is his dedication to improving education in the state of Texas. He and other legislative members have collaborated in order to prevent a school voucher program from being passed. Also, in 2015, Aycock designed and wrote his own education bill. However, he did not attempt to pass it due to the heavy opposition in the Senate. Overall, when asked about his political goals, education reform was his first and foremost priority.

The name of my chosen state-level legislator is Royce West, and he is the Texas State Senator for District 23. He is African-American and his religious affiliation is Baptist. He belongs to the Democratic Party; therefore, he shares my preferred party preference. Senator Royce West has been in office since January of 1993, so he has been in office for a total of 24 years.

Senator Royce West is the name of my chosen state-level legislative representative. He is a Texas state senator of district 23 from the capitol, his district location is in Dallas Texas. Mr. West is an African American male and also a Christian and a member of Good Street Baptist Church. Senator Royce West represents the Democratic Party and I share the same party preference as a Democratic. Senator Royce West has been in the senate office for twenty- four years, he has be serving since 1992 and as of 2016 still strongly represents Texas.

Like the federal regime and virtually all the other states, North Carolina has a bicameral legislature, consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The

Since 2011, the representative for the 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee is Chuck Fleischmann of Ooltewah. Fleischmann, like most Republicans, is against Obama care altogether, having co-sponsored the Act to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in

Growing up on a dairy farm near Holton, Kansas, Lynn Jenkins learned the values of hard work, keeping your word, and the importance of serving your community. Those are the same values that led her to public service and still guide her decisions as she represents the Second District of Kansas. Congresswoman Jenkins currently serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, the chief tax writing committee in the House of Representatives. As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, she serves on both the Health Subcommittee and Trade Subcommittee. During Congresswoman Jenkins’s time in Congress, she has developed a track record for supporting fiscally responsible public policy to promote job creation and economic growth, working to improve transparency in Congress and backing a strong national defense. She continues to oppose wasteful government spending and is working to reduce the record deficits and national debt. Congresswoman Jenkins is a Certified Public Accountant by profession and brings nearly 20 years of experience helping individuals and small businesses manage their finances to the House of Representatives. Jenkins graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas and has two children, Hayley and

As the current representative of the 9th district of Tennessee, Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen has emerged as a tactful candidate with goals in mind to help better the lives of his constituents through his representative style and his home-style.

He is currently serving as the chairman for the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and as Chairman of the Appropriations. He is a senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and a member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. He is part of the House/Senate International Education Study Group, the Republican Task Force to Study the Energy Crisis, and the International Conservation Caucus. He has also been a long-standing member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus where he wrote the Mississippi Wilderness Act which was the “first federal legislation ever passed for the perpetual protection of lands in the state of Mississippi” (senate.gov, 37). Cochran probably joined these committees/caucuses because he saw the opportunity to use these as tools to benefit his state. For example, Mississippi has many nature preserves and forests, him serving on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry could be beneficial to bring money into the state to support those preserves.

While serving in the Senate Blackburn led a movement to defeat a state income tax. She became a defender of anti-tax and reform issues. Her reputation for hard work and her concentration on individual freedoms and free enterprise transported her to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Tennessee’s 7th congressional district in 2002. In 2007 she received the conservative Leadership Award. In 2007 she was selected to represent conservative views on health care reform at the Presidents Blair House Summit. Also to her credit, she has served on majority and minority whip teams since her election in 2002. Congressman Blackburn serves as Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Budget Committee. She is also a founding member of the Republican Women’s Policy Committee and a member of the Smithsonian Libraries advisory board.

Congressman Steven Palazzo has been in office since the fifth of January in 2011. He is Congressman over the fourth district, which includes the Gulf Coast and Pine Belt. Steven Palazzo is a veteran of the National Guard, Certified Accountant, Republican, and a previous small business owner. He serves on a numerous of committees: Chairman of Subcommittee on Space, Vice Chairman Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, and Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick is represents the 8th district of Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives of the 114th Congress of the United States. Mike Fitzpatrick serves as a member of the Republican Party. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 and held the position until 2006, being defeated by Democrat Patrick Murphy. He ran again in 2010 against his democratic opponent Murphy. He recovered his seat from Murphy and is currently serving however he has announced he will be retiring in 2016.

In the 1990’s, Graham started his political career as a Republican first in the House of Representatives and several years later as a senator for South Carolina (McNamee). Additionally, Graham sits on the appropriations, armed services, and budget and judiciary committees (Graham). Today, Graham who is a 20 year veteran politician is one of the many presidential candidates for the 2016 presidential election coming up in November of

As a Virginian, he believes in protecting Virginia’s environment. He opposes off-shore drilling, combats climate change and protects the Chesapeake Bay.