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Michael F Doyle Essay

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Michael F. Doyle is currently serving his twelfth term in congress representing the 18th district of Pennsylvania from 1995-2003 then the 14th district from 2003-the present. He’s currently the most senior congressman from Pennsylvania. Doyle is from Swissvale, Pennsylvania and born to Irish and Italian parents. He’s married to Susan Doyle and has four kids. Doyle attended to Swissvale Area High School in 1971 and enrolled at Pennsylvania State University and got a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Development in 1975. Prior to serving in Congress Doyle worked as a small business owner. His first job in politics was in 1979 when he started working as Chief of Staff for Pennsylvania State Senator Frank Pecora ("Biography Mike Doyle," …show more content…

The poverty status in the last 12 months for all families, White alone is 8.3%, Black alone is 30.4%, American Indian and Alaska Native alone is 37.8%, Asian alone is 16.5%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone is 30.8%, some other race alone is 35.9%, and two or more races alone is 32.0% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). (ADD NEW STUFF FROM CQ ALMANAC FOR VOTING AND CONSTIUENTS)
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