Required Readings/Viewing
Contemporary Congress, pp. 155 – 205
- Chapter 7, “Policymaking in committee and on the floor”
- Chapter 8, “The individual enterprise”
Congress Reconsidered
- Chapter 1, Sinclair, “The new world of U.S. senators,” pp. 1-28
- Chapter 2, Aldrich and Rohde, “Lending and reclaiming power: Majority leadership in the House since the 1950s,” pp. 29-60.
- Chapter 11, Volden and Wiseman, “Legislative effectiveness and problem solving in the U.S. House of Representatives,” pp. 259-284.
- Chapter 12, The endurance of nonpartisanship in House appropriations,” pp. 285-310.
- Chapter 13, Koger, “Filibusters and majority rule in the modern Senate,” pp. 310-330.
- Chapter14, Oppenheimer, “ANWR and CAFÉ: Frustrating energy productions and conservation initiatives in Congress over three decades,” pp. 31-356.
The Evolving Congress
- Oleszek, “Collaborative relations and lawmaking in the U.S. Senate: A perspective drawn from firsthand accounts,” pp. 107-128.
- Brudnick, “Congressional Staffing: The continuity of change and reform” pp. 145-162.
Pear, R. (Dec. 2010). If Only Laws Were Like Sausages. The New York Times. p. 3.
Drutman, L. and Teles, S. (March 10, 2015). “Why Congress relies on lobbyists instead of thinking for itself,” The Atlantic.
Bryner, S. (July 17, 2017). “Healthcare lobbyists are no strangers on the Hill,” OpenSecrets.org/Center for Responsive Politics.
Video: Mitch McConnell cuts off Elizabeth Warren's speech & has her silenced. Jan. 17, 2017. (1:13)
Video: Barbara Jordan Impeachment Speech, 1974. (13:11)
