POLI-3110 The US Congress

Required Readings/Viewing

Contemporary Congress, pp. 45-62, 125-150

Congress Reconsidered, pp. 61 - 162

Coleman and Garrett, “The Unchanging Nature of Congressional Elections,” in The Evolving Congress, pp. 163 – 167.

Ballotpedia – The Encyclopedia of American Politics. Special Elections in the 115^th Congress in 2017-2018.

Assigned Resources for Election Analysis Assignment

U.S. Census Bureau - Voting and Registration 

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

Federal Elections Commission

Center for Responsive Politics - OpenSecrets.org

Recommended Resources

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee 

National Republican Congressional Committee

Congressional Leadership Fund

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

National Republican Senatorial Committee

• "Where the Money Came From"

• Money in Politics (00:47:14, captioned, transcript available)

• Money Talks: Impact of Campaign Spending

• Finance in Political Campaigns (1:31:00, captioned, transcript available)

• "Most Americans want to limit campaign spending, say big donors have greater political influence"