Part A

i) What are the two most powerful committees in Congress? Please explain how you arrived at your conclusion.

ii) In performing this week's research, have you come across any Committees that you had not known existed? What are they and what do they do?

Part B

Follow an Ohio Senator or Representative in Congress on Twitter and/or Like him/her on Facebook and report the following to the class in your initial response essay:

i) Name, District, and political party affiliation
ii) Committees on which the member of Congress serves
iii) What did you learn that your Senator or Representative was doing in the district this week or recently?
iv) From following your Rep or Sen, what did you learn that your Representative was doing in Washington this week or recently?
v) Tell us what your Rep has led on recently on behalf of constituents and/or on behalf of the country?
vi) Finally, comment on the use of social media to connect with constituents and other important supporters.

Remember to reply to at least two classmates' posts and provide citations (at least the first two may be gathered from a source other than Twitter or Facebook) where necessary!

Please reference the Grading Rubric for this forum assignment.

Initial post should be a minimum of 500 words for each part A and B