Since polystyrene disintegrates slowly, one of the main challenges that it poses on the environment is that exposure to the sun causes it to photodegrade, meaning it breaks apart into smaller and smaller pieces. The broken down material ends up looking like food to small animals.
United States Congress elections, 2016. A total of 469 seats in the U.S. Congress (34 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 8, 2016. The big story of the 2016 congressional election cycle was whether or not the Democratic Party would be able to regain control of the Senate.
house of representatives The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 members, elected for two year terms in single-seat constituencies. House of Representatives elections are held every two years on the first Tuesday after November 1 in even years, correlated with presidential elections.