Rep. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania's 5th district

Thompson was elected U.S. representative from Pennsylvania’s 5th district defeating Democrat Mark McCracken 58%-42%. During the 112th congress Thompson became the chairman of the House Agricultural Committee. The district that he serves in is the largest district in Pennsylvania. It is also the least densely populated which fits my description very well with being rural and agricultural. He has served since 2008 when he was first elected as the US representative for Pennsylvania’s 5th congressional District.

I think Thompson would go against the Encrypt Act of 2016. This act is trying to prevent states for banning digital encryption. Since Thompson is an agriculturalist he would want states banning digital encryption. I also think Thompson would want the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 to be passed as well. This act is working to privatize certain industries mainly including air traffic control. Privatization is important to a Republican who is also an agriculturalist which would be why he would approve of this act. From what I have learned about Rep. Glenn Thompson I am not sure on what side he would stand on the Sentencing Reform Act of 2015.

This article is about Super Tuesday and it’s importance in the presidential race. The public agenda says that Super Tuesday is likely to live up to its billing with the race being a competitive as it has been up to this point with the first few states already having their polls. The majority of the article is about Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton because they are leading their respective political parties going into super Tuesday. Throughout the article is also gives a little detail about the other candidates but most of the details are about Trump and Clinton.

Super Tuesday is the first day of multiple state voting which is what makes super Tuesday different from all the other voting days. Mass media coverage will give every little detail of every thing that happens on Tuesday night between all the candidates. As of now Trump has received 49% of the Republican votes and Hilary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders in voting by just a small margin. Trump is expected to have a big night because Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are not expecting much from the night which is encouraging for Trump in winning a lot of different interest groups. Although throughout the article they talked about who is winning what political party and who isn’t, they didn’t really talk about the political platforms as much as I thought they would to provide more insight on the topic. In the end I think after reading this I have a better understanding of Super Tuesday and its importance in the political process. I think that this article fits well in the unit with primaries and political parties which we have talked a lot about in the last couple of days. 

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/super-tuesday-republicans-democrats-vote/