Whats the Deal With Contacting my Representative or Senators?
A Member of Congress is a person serving in the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate. A Member of the House of Representatives is referred to as Representative or Congressman or Congresswoman, and a Member of the Senate is referred to as Senator. There are 435 Representatives and 100 Senators. Each Representative represents his or her congressional district. Each state has at least one Representative; the total is based on a state’s population. For information about how the number of Representatives is determined, see the information on Congressional Apportionment on the U.S. Census Bureau’s web site at http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/apportionment.html Each state has two Senators, both of whom represent their entire state. If you don’t know who your Representative is, go to www.house.gov/writerep and type in your zip code. If you know who your Representative is, you can visit their web page, links to which can be found at http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWW
