This is project involves researching a federal issue or concern and addressing t

This is project involves researching a federal issue or concern and addressing that matter in a letter to a member of the United States Congress. IMPORTANT! This is research portion, you must do this for full credit on project. You submit letter in Part 2. If you only submit letter, that is deduction. Part 1: Define the Issue & Research & Analysis – 50 points (250 Words) Define the issue – This is the first step in completing this assignment and actively engaging as a citizen. In paragraph form clearly articulate a concern that is important to you and within the authority of the United States Congress. Explain your concern, how this impacts the United States and specifically the source of the Congress’ authority to address this issue. Please review chapter 3 in your textbook, for sources federal authority, ie. Constitutional authority and through the use of federal grants. Please support your position with two research sources. Analysis – Summarize your research and explain role Congress’ role in addressing this issue. What action would you like to see your Representative or Senator and the Congress as a whole take in this matter. Include in your discussion the obstacles to the outcome you are seeking. For Letter Part 2 – Go to the site United States House of Representatives (Links to an external site.) and find your representative. Here is your chance to advocate for your issue! You will write a letter to your Congressional Representative about a current national topic that is interesting to you. Explain your position and ask for support. Please research the topic before you write letter. Write the letter in proper letter format (Links to an external site.) (look at cite) and address the Representative in proper form. Or Google ‘writing a formal letter’ if you are not familiar with this medium. Also include citations of the information in your letter. You can mail this letter through the site electronically or regular mail. You will upload the letter to Turnitin. Let me know if you have questions &/or concerns. DIRECTIONS: Assignment must be at least 200 words, and any sources used must be documented with APA citation and parenthetical (intext) citations. Paper must be submitted to Turnitin in doc, docx, or rtf file versions only. NO PAGES! (Apple document).