Congress and the American Political System I

Calendar

Note: Not all class sessions had a related activity.

CLASS #	TOPICS	ACTIVITIES
1	Introduction
2	Unidimensional spatial model
3		Roundtable
4	Constitutional origins of Congress
5		Roundtable
6	Origin and development of Congress	Problem set 1 due
7		Roundtable
8		No class
9	Congressional candidates	Roundtable
10		No class
11		Roundtable
12	Congressional voters
13		Roundtable Written portion of redistricting project due today
14	Regulating congressional elections
15		Roundtable Present redistricting plans
16	Midterm
17	Multidimensional spatial model	Roundtable
18
19
20	Congressional parties and leadership	Roundtable Problem set 2 due
21
22
23	Congressional committees
24		Roundtable
25	Rules of the chamber, roll call voting
26		Roundtable
27
28	Review, wrap-up	Roundtable