SUPER TUESDAY AND CONGRESS
A very strange candidate in California ... did not make the top two.
Coronavirus bill
Witness prep -- it works
Origin of bills: sometimes "I'm Just a Bill" does work.
TO ANALYZE A ROLL-CALL VOTE, LOOK AT THE EXCEPTIONS
Strategies and tactics
COSPONSORSHIP (Davidson 266)
INTEREST GROUPS
Electoral politics: fundraising
Procedural votes
Motion to recommit (Straus, ch. 4) -- MTR with instructions is a rare tool for the House minority
Politics of Senate procedural votes (Straus, p. 181). Reid voted to table an amendment on ACA coverage of Viagra for sex offenders. Here is how his opponent used it:
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There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.
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