The Representatives of Salem Township

Washtenaw County Commissioner

Ken Schwartz, District 2 County Commissioner  

http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/boc/index_html

http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/boc/members/district_2/index_html

The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 Representatives, each of whom is elected from districts having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the federal U.S. Census. Representatives are elected in even-numbered years to two-year terms, and take office on the first day of January following the election. Each Representative is limited to serving three terms.

Alma Wheeler Smith State Representative 54th District   http://054.housedems.com/

The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. The Senate consists of 38 representatives who are elected from districts having approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents.

Senators are elected at the same time as the governor and serve four-year terms concurrent with the Governor of Michigan's term of office. Senate and gubernatorial elections are offset by two years from U.S. Presidential elections (e.g., Presidential elections were in 2000 and 2004, gubernatorial and senate elections were in 2002 and 2006). Terms for senators begin on January 1, following the November general election. Senators who have not served more than half of someone else's Senate term are eligible for two full terms (i.e. - eight years).

Liz Brater, Michigan State Senator 18th District  http://www.senate.mi.gov/brater/

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "The House," is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Each state receives representation in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one Representative. The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives. The total number of voting representatives is currently fixed at 435.[1] Each representative serves for a two-year term. The presiding officer of the House is the speaker, and is elected by the members of the house.

Because its members are generally elected from smaller (an average of 693,000 residents as of 2007) and more commonly homogeneous districts than those from the Senate, the House is generally considered to be a more partisan chamber. The House was granted its own exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the president in electoral college deadlocks.

The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol.

Mark Schauer, 7th Congressional District,  United States Congressman http://schauer.house.gov/

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the Constitution (which does not use the terms "upper" and "lower"). Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. This ensures equal representation of each state in the Senate. U.S. Senators serve staggered six-year terms. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C., the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the south wing of the same building.

The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the House, including consenting to treaties as a precondition to their ratification and consenting or confirmation of appointments of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges, other federal executive officials, military officers and other federal uniformed officers, as well as the impeachment trials of federal officials. The Senate is a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives because the Senate is smaller and its members serve longer terms, allowing for a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate is considered a more prestigious body than the House of Representatives on account of its longer terms, smaller membership and larger constituencies.

Carl Levin United States Senator Michigan  http://levin.senate.gov/

Debbie Stabenow United States Senator Michigan  http://stabenow.senate.gov/