Team Congress takes the field.
If you have no idea how many yards Peyton Manning Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. threw for on Sunday but can cite every Legislative amendment proposed by Senator Richard Durbin Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin, (born November 21 1944) is currently the senior United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic Whip, the second highest position in the party leadership in the Senate. , Democrat of Illinois, then Fantasy Congress Fantasy Congress is an online fantasy simulation sport where players, called citizens, draft members of the United States House and Senate, and keep track of their participation within the U.S. Congress. could be your game. The Fantasy Congress Web site--which was created by four students at Claremont McKenna College A member of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont McKenna College is a small, highly selective, private coeducational, liberal arts college enrolling about 1100 students with a curricular emphasis on government, economics, and public policy. in Claremont, Calif.--made its debut this fall and already has some 600 participants. As in fantasy football, each player picks a team (in this case, 4 Senators and 12 House members] and competes with other players in a league. Players accumulate points as the legislators they've chosen go about their dairy business on Capitol Hill. "It's about majority and seniority," says John J. Pitney Jr., a professor of government at Claremont McKenna. "You took at who's been very active, whose issues are coming up." To find out how to join a Fantasy Congress league, go to www.fantasycongress.us.
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