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1. The Historical Origins of the U.S. Congress
   
   Assignment:
   
   
• Chapters 1, 2 and 3, Analyzing Congress
  
• The U.S. Constitution, Appendix B of Analyzing Congress
  
  Lecture 12 January 2006
  
  Lecture 17 January 2006
  
  Lecture 19 January 2006
  
  
2. Congress and the Political System: The Current State of Affairs
   
   Assignment:
   
   
• Preface, Prologue, and Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 7, Congress Reconsidered
  
  Lecture 24 January 2006
  
  Lecture 26 January 2006
  
  
3. Ideology, Party, and Polarization in Congress
   
   Assignment:
   
   
• Chapter 7, Analyzing Congress
  
• Chapters 8, 9, and 10, Congress Reconsidered
  
• Chapters 1 - 4, and 6, Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting
  
  Lecture 31 January 2006
  
  Lecture 2 February 2006
  
  Lecture 7 February 2006
  
  Lecture 9 February 2006
  
  
4. Congressional Elections
   
   Assignment:
   
   
• Chapters 4, 5, and 6, Analyzing Congress
  
• Chapters 4, 5, and 6, Congress Reconsidered
  
• Chapter 5, Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting
  
  Lecture 14 February 2006
  
  Lecture 21 February 2006
  
  Lecture 23 February 2006
  
  Paul Hackett's Op-Ed in Philadelphia Inquirer, 28 February 2006
  
  Lecture 28 February 2006
  
  Opensecrets.org -- Money, Money, Money, Everywhere
  
  Justices Suspicious of Vermont Campaign Finance Law
  
  Texas Redistricting Heads to High Court
  
  Tom Delay's Gerrymander
  
  
  Voting in the Roman Senate
  
  The Paradox of Voting (Condorcet Paradox)
  
  The Powell Amendment
  
  McKelvey's "Chaos" Theorem
  
  Lessons From the Voting Examples
  
  
5. The Internal Organization of Congress
   
   Assignment:
   
   
• Chapters 8 and 9, Analyzing Congress
  
• Chapters 11, 12, and 13, Congress Reconsidered
  
• Chapter 9, Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting
  
  The Cook Political Report
  
  Cook's Toss-up House Races
  
  DeLay Faces a Rare Primary Challenge (AP)
  
  DeLay Spends Primary Election Night With Lobbyists (CNN-AP)
  
  DeLay Faces Three Challengers in Texas Primary Election (FOX-AP)
  
  Bob Novak Discusses DeLay's Grassroots Campaign
  
  David Broder Comments on Vermont and Texas Redistricting
  
  Inside the Sausage Factory -- How a Bill Becomes a Law
  
  Final Results Texas-22 Primary (Tom DeLay)
  
  Final Results Texas-28 Primary (Henry Cuellar vs. Ciro Rodriguez)
  
  Appropriations Committee Votes to Negate the Dubai Ports Deal
  
  Dubai Throws in the Towel
  
  The Sausage Factory Continued -- Chapter 9 of Analyzing Congress
  
  The Congressional Committee System
  
  The Congressional Committee System Continued -- Chapter 8 of Analyzing Congress
  
  Pivots and Gridlock Intervals
  
  Course Review as of 14 March 2006
  
  The Policy Results of the "Stickiness" of American Political Institutions
  
  
  
6. Congress, the Growth of Government, and the Economy
   
   Assignment:
   
   
• Chapters 14, 15, and 16, Congress Reconsidered
  
• Chapter 11, Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting
  
  

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