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Sharon McMahon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
964 total appearances

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

That's one of the big criticisms of Congress is that the way people are represented is not equal across the entire country.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

That's one of the big criticisms of Congress is that the way people are represented is not equal across the entire country.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

That's one of the big criticisms of Congress is that the way people are represented is not equal across the entire country.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Yes, or at least relatively equally. Nobody's saying it has to be perfect, but get us in the ballpark here of one representative for every 500,000 people or, you know, whatever it is. So the way that it works, there's an actual commission that goes through and divvies up this pie of 435 people every 10 years.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Yes, or at least relatively equally. Nobody's saying it has to be perfect, but get us in the ballpark here of one representative for every 500,000 people or, you know, whatever it is. So the way that it works, there's an actual commission that goes through and divvies up this pie of 435 people every 10 years.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Yes, or at least relatively equally. Nobody's saying it has to be perfect, but get us in the ballpark here of one representative for every 500,000 people or, you know, whatever it is. So the way that it works, there's an actual commission that goes through and divvies up this pie of 435 people every 10 years.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Inevitably, some states are going to lose some people and some states are going to gain some people, but inevitably, Together, those two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, some of the roles they have are very similar, but they each have some specific roles. Like the Senate has to confirm the president's appointments. They have to confirm people to the Supreme Court.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Inevitably, some states are going to lose some people and some states are going to gain some people, but inevitably, Together, those two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, some of the roles they have are very similar, but they each have some specific roles. Like the Senate has to confirm the president's appointments. They have to confirm people to the Supreme Court.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Inevitably, some states are going to lose some people and some states are going to gain some people, but inevitably, Together, those two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, some of the roles they have are very similar, but they each have some specific roles. Like the Senate has to confirm the president's appointments. They have to confirm people to the Supreme Court.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

They're meant to act differently because the House of Representatives is being reelected every even year. Congress is on recess right now until after the election. For six weeks, they're off of work.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

They're meant to act differently because the House of Representatives is being reelected every even year. Congress is on recess right now until after the election. For six weeks, they're off of work.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

They're meant to act differently because the House of Representatives is being reelected every even year. Congress is on recess right now until after the election. For six weeks, they're off of work.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Yeah. Yeah. Because they're all running. I'm going to do that on my break from being a justice. No, see, you can't be in two branches of government at the same time.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Yeah. Yeah. Because they're all running. I'm going to do that on my break from being a justice. No, see, you can't be in two branches of government at the same time.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Yeah. Yeah. Because they're all running. I'm going to do that on my break from being a justice. No, see, you can't be in two branches of government at the same time.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Okay. That's an F. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. They're all off because they're campaigning for reelection. Imagine having to campaign for reelection every other year.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Okay. That's an F. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. They're all off because they're campaigning for reelection. Imagine having to campaign for reelection every other year.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Okay. That's an F. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. They're all off because they're campaigning for reelection. Imagine having to campaign for reelection every other year.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

I don't like.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

I don't like.