My favorite lobbyist

How can anyone say 'no' to the star of "Elektra" and "13 Going on 30?" Save the polar bears, because Mrs. Affleck said so.

Congress and Interest Groups

Interest groups spend much more on lobbying activities than campaign contributions.

What is lobbying?



Frogs do it:

Political Highlights

Politico's "50 greatest political moments"

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9437.html

Some great moments may be missing (Bush's pretzel choke under the "Famous Gaffes" category), but entertaining to peruse nonetheless...

My Hero... heh heh

"A car carrying U.S. Sen. David Vitter ran into a No Parking sign in the Gonzales Police Department parking lot Monday morning as the senator was attempting to evade members of the media, including the Gonzales Weekly Citizen, following a Town Hall forum event at Gonzales City Hall.

No one was injured in the incident, but the car - in which Vitter was a passenger - sped away from the scene with visible, but light damage following the wreck."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/07/david-vitter-car-crash-wa_n_95513.html

Clinton/Vitter '08!!!

Congress and the Courts

On March 21, Congress passed P.L. 109-3, which provided that either parent of Theresa Marie Schiavo would have standing to sue in federal court.

Congress had passed other bills for the relief of individuals. (Note, however, that P.L. 109-3 was technically a public law.)

Judicial nomination hearings can take dramatic turns:




And hearings can also involve discussion of legal principles:

Misty Watercolor Memories...

Simulation coverage:

Video (2007 and 2008):
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=jsinclair08

First three nights:
http://www.geocities.com/stockgroup100/news.html

State of the Union
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward/classes/congpres/2008/SOU.html

Petraeus
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward/classes/congpres/2008/Petraeus.html

Many bills pass on the floor:
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward/classes/congpres/2008/Floor.html

Many testify before Environmental and Public Works Committee
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward/classes/congpres/2008/Gore.html

Simulation Stuff

Click here for simulation schedule.

Click here for videos from last year's simulation.