1.
Congress

2.
<ul><ul><li>How It Works </li></ul></ul>

3.
Legislative Process

4.
Legislative Process

5.
Legislative Process

6.
<ul><ul><li>Parties and Caucuses </li></ul></ul>

9.
Legislative Process

10.
<ul><ul><li>Committees and Staff </li></ul></ul>

11.
Legislative Process <ul><li>Importance of Committees </li></ul><ul><li>Seniority System within Committees </li></ul><ul><li>Role of Staff </li></ul><ul><li>Conference Committee </li></ul><ul><li>Veto </li></ul><ul><li>Veto Overrides </li></ul><ul><li>Pocket Vetoes </li></ul>

12.
Legislative Process Multiple Referrals Multiple Referrals

13.
Committees

14.
Staff Agencies

15.
Legislative Process Committees Committees

16.
Legislative Process

17.
<ul><ul><li>Getting it out of committee </li></ul></ul>

18.
Legislative Process Bypass Committee (discharge petitions) (discharge petitions)

19.
<ul><ul><li>Once out of committee... </li></ul></ul>

20.
Type of Resolutions

21.
Floor Debate

22.
Floor Debate

23.
Floor Debate

24.
Filibuster <ul><li>Remember the senate is run by politics even if the </li></ul><ul><li>terminology is of “laws, rules, procedures.” </li></ul><ul><li>Define cloture </li></ul><ul><li>Why has the threat of filibuster increased in the past 25 years? </li></ul>1) 1960s - value of time - Senators decided threat was good enough 2) more polarization

25.
Filibuster <ul><li>How does a quorum call affect the chance of a </li></ul><ul><li>filibuster? </li></ul><ul><li>What does the Sgt. At Arms do? </li></ul>1988 Campaign finance reform - D Byrd - quorum - R Packwood bars the door.

26.
Filibuster <ul><li>Do you think a filibuster encourages bipartisanship or polarization? </li></ul>

27.
Filibuster <ul><li>They can change the rules. Why don’t they change </li></ul><ul><li>the procedure rules of filibuster? </li></ul>1) 1st rule change is no filibuster on a rule change 2) constitutional mandate overrides 3) why not Senator Harkin’s gradual thresh hold? 60-57-54-51

28.
Legislative Process More Filibusters More Filibusters

29.
Legislative Process Polarization Polarization

30.
Legislative Process Fewer Moderates in the House Fewer Moderates in the House

31.
Methods of Voting

33.
Voting

34.
Clean Air Act as an example of the legislative process

35.
Legislative Process Case Study- Clean Air Act Case Study- Clean Air Act