Paul Herrnson, Congressional Elections, 3rd ed . , 1998. Christopher Deering and Steven Smith, Committees in Congress, 3rd ed. , 1997. Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, Congress Reconsidered, 7th ed ., 2001. Kenneth R. Mayer and David T. Cannon, The Dysfunctional Congress 1999.
All texts are available in the bookstore.
Assignments Grades will be based on class participation, a take-home final, and a short paper. The final due on July 5. Summer terms go by quickly, it is important to keep up with the readings. Undergraduates will have your choice of either of two paper assignments. You may write a paper about a U.S. Senate election in 2000, or about a bill considered by Congress, and passed by at least one chamber in a recent session.