Microcosm ...

If the 100-Member U.S. Senate were a Microcosm of the Nation…

• 51 Senators would be women
• 49 Senators would be men
• 71 would be white
• 12 would be black
• 12 would be Latino
• 4 would be Asian or Pacific Islander
• 1 would be Native American, Eskimo or Aleut
• 15 would have no health insurance
• 12 would be below the official poverty line
• 23 would earn less than $8 an hour
• 13 would get partial tax rebates
• 26 would get no tax rebate
• 1 would have nearly as much wealth as 95 others combined
• The typical senator would have household income of about $41,000