Comments on: Is Our Representatives Learning? http://scienceprogress.org/2008/06/is-our-representatives-learning/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christopher Niebylski http://scienceprogress.org/2008/06/is-our-representatives-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Christopher Niebylski Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:44:59 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/06/is-our-representatives-learning/#comment-2265 Chris, Technology Review did a short piece on the number of scientists in Congress back in 2005: http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/14312/ From that piece: "When the engineering specialties in the 2004–2005 Statistical Abstract of the United States are combined, there are 2.12 million engineers in the U.S. versus 952,000 lawyers and 819,000 doctors; yet 10 physicians now sit in the House and two in the Senate, and CQ lists 160 representatives and 58 senators with legal backgrounds." Chris,
Technology Review did a short piece on the number of scientists in Congress back in 2005:

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/14312/

From that piece:
“When the engineering specialties in the 2004–2005 Statistical Abstract of the United States are combined, there are 2.12 million engineers in the U.S. versus 952,000 lawyers and 819,000 doctors; yet 10 physicians now sit in the House and two in the Senate, and CQ lists 160 representatives and 58 senators with legal backgrounds.”

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