Short Writing Assignment #1

1. President: George W. Bush, Republican
Vice-President: Richard B. Cheney, Republican
Cabinet Members:
Department of Agriculture: Secretary Mike Johanns
Department of Commerce: Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
Department of Defense: Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
Department of Education: Secretary Margaret Spelling
Department of Energy: Secretary Samuel W. Bodman
Department of Health and Human Services: Secretary Michael O. Leavitt
Department of Homeland Security: Secretary Michael Chertoff
Department of Housing & Urban
Development: Secretary Alphonso Jackson
Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
Department of Justice: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Department of Labor: Secretary Elaine Chao
Department of State: Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Department of Transportation: Deputy Secretary Maria Cino
Department of the Treasury: Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Department of Veteran's Affairs: Secretary Jim Nicholson

2. U.S. Supreme Court Members:
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice
Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice
David Hackett Souter, Associate Justice
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Associate Justice
Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
Sandra Day O'Conner, Retired Associate Justice

3. U.S. House Leadership
Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert, Republican
Majority Leader: John Boehner, Republican
Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi, Democrat
Majority Whip: Roy Blunt, Republican
Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer, Democrat

U.S. Senate Leadership
Majority Leader: Bill Frist, Republican
Minority Leader: Harry Reid, Democrat
Majority Whip: Mitch McConnell, Republican
Minority Whip: Dick Durbin, Democrat

4. Kentucky's Two U.S. Senators:
Jim Bunning, Republican
Mitch McConnell, Republican

Kentucky's Six Congresspersons:
Ben Chandler, Democrat
Geoff Davis, Republican
Ron Lewis, Republican
Anne Northup, Republican
Harold Rogers, Republican
Ed Whitfield, Republican

5. Mayors:
New York City: Michael Bloomberg, Republican
Chicago: Richard M. Daley, Democrat
Los Angeles: Antonio Villaraigosa, Democrat
Lexington: Teresa Isaac, Democrat
Louisville: Jerry E. Abramson, Democrat

6. Kentucky's...
Governor: Ernie Fletcher, Republican
Senate President: David L. Williams, Republican
Majority Floor Leader: Dan Kelly, Republican
Minority Floor Leader: Ed Worley, Democrat
House Speaker: Jody Richards, Democrat
Majority Floor Leader: Rocky Adkins, Democrat
Minority Floor Leader: Jeffrey Hoover, Democrat