About Us

We are Girls Who Code. During the summer of 2017, we participated in the Summer Immersion Program at Moody’s Analytics in San Francisco. In the last two weeks, five of us worked together on a final project, this website, to educate as many people as we can about our U.S. senators. We think it's important to know that YOU have power to make a change with a simple phone call to your senator.

About Civitas

Civitas is a mobile-friendly website that makes information about our senators easily accessible. We currently have 5 states (10 senators) you can check out by clicking “Map of Representatives” at the top. We have also provided a page where you can find your state and register to vote. Make your voice heard!

About the Senate

• The upper chamber of the U.S. Congress that, along with the House of Representatives, composes legislature
• Two senators per state
• The Seventeenth Amendment finally allowed for direct election of senators (opposed to election by state legislatures) in 1913
• Has the power to ratify treaties and confirm federal officers
• Elects the Vice President in case of a tie
• Vice President is the highest-ranking official of the Senate, the president pro tempore is second
• Three qualifications for senators:
  • At least 30 years old
  • A U.S. citizen for at least 9 years
  • Living in the state they represent
  • Serve a term of 6 years