event #1

I went to hear a Jepson Alumni, Sean Theriault speak about congress and how it has changed over the years. He is a political science professor at the University of Texas. He spoke about two main points. He talked about the difference in how senators have been voting over the past few years as well as which senators are most likely to vote along party lines.

He showed a graph that shows how a decline in bipartisanship and an increase in grid locks. He talks about a rise in senators that vote for their party in order to get votes to get into the Congress. There has been a rise in outrages politicians because of the political climate. People are upset with the government so they vote in people that they believe will bring about change. However, these radical politicians actually make it harder to bring about change.