Process IV

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)

• House and Senate
• A very recent example

INTEREST GROUPS


Electoral politics:  fundraising

Procedural votes

Motion to recommit (Straus, ch. 4) -- MTR with instructions is a rare tool for the House minority

• A very recent example

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:

• BTU'd
• Alternative to conference:  "message between houses" or Ping-ponging

Continuing resolutions and  Shutdowns!