day |
assigned reading |
independent reading |
2 |
Thurber #3: presidential leadership of Congress |
Nick Vorpagel |
2 |
Thurber #4: impact of campaigns on presidential-congressional relations |
Amber Fricke |
2 |
Thurber #5: presidential and management of legislative affairs |
Avi Kolel |
3 |
Thurber #6: the presidency and congressional time |
Amy Shier |
3 |
Thurber #7: party control and presidential-congressional relations |
Brian Kovac |
3 |
Thurber #8: institutional context of veto bargaining |
Jess Horn |
4 |
Thurber #9: federal budget process |
Jesse Dickenson |
4 |
Thurber #10: coalition building on Capitol Hill |
Jeremiah Geffe |
5 |
Thurber #11: making US foreign policy |
Vitaly Shmel'kin |
5 |
Thurber #12: justifying war against Iraq |
Elise Wood |
6 |
Sinclair #2: legislative process in the House of Representatives |
Nick Vorpagel |
6 |
Sinclair #3: legislative process in the Senate |
Andrew Quist |
7 |
Sinclair #4: reconciling House-Senate differences |
Alex Kitson |
7 |
Sinclair #5: omnibus legislation, the budget process, and summits |
Jesse Dickenson |
7 |
Sinclair #6: why and how the legislative process changed |
Andrew Quist |
8 |
Sinclair #7: the 2005 energy bill |
Maddy Roche |
8 |
Sinclair #8: Medicare/prescription drug legislation |
Elise Wood |
8 |
Sinclair #9: medical malpractice caps |
Chris Marzan |
9 |
Sinclair #10: Clinton's economic program |
Maddy Roche |
9 |
Sinclair #11: budget politics |
Avi Kolel |
10 |
Sinclair #12: the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 |
Chris Marzan |
10 |
Sinclair #13: consequences of unorthodox lawmaking |
Duncan Hughes |
11 |
Campbell #2: the reelection of George W. Bush |
Laconnie Adkins |
11 |
Campbell #3: democratic responsiveness and policy promotion |
Jess Horn |
11 |
Campbell #4: Bush and the war in Iraq |
Joe Squiers |
12 |
Campbell #5: the president and political polarization |
Brian Kovac |
12 |
Campbell #6: Bush and the Constitution |
Amy Shier |
12 |
Campbell #7: issue management and the White House |
Joe Squiers |
13 |
Campbell #8: Bush as legislative leader |
Laconnie Adkins |
13 |
Campbell #9: Bush and the judiciary |
Jeremiah Geffe |
13 |
Campbell #10: grand strategy as national security policy |
Duncan Hughes |
14 |
Campbell #11: ideology versus reality |
Amber Fricke |
14 |
Campbell #12: Bush's domestic agenda |
Alex Kitson |
15 |
Campbell #13: Bush, business, and organized interests |
Vitaly Shmel'kin |
