POLI 100B CONGRESS
8 March 2007

5. Congressional Elections
   
   
   4. Campaign Contributions (Stewart, Chapter 6; D & O, Chapter 5; Jacobson, Chapter 4)
      
      
6. The Internal Organization of Congress
   
   
   1. Inside the Sausage Factory -- How a Bill Becomes a Law
      
      
   2. The Sausage Factory Continued -- Chapter 9 of Analyzing Congress
      
      
   3. The Congressional Committee System
      
      
   4. The Congressional Committee System Continued -- Chapter 8 of Analyzing Congress
      
      
   5. Voting in the Roman Senate
      
      
   6. The Paradox of Voting (Condorcet Paradox)
      
      
   7. The Powell Amendment
      
      
   8. McKelvey's "Chaos" Theorem
      
      
   9. Lessons From the Voting Examples
      
      
   10. Pivots and Gridlock Intervals