Congress In Session, April 15-29
by admin - April 15th, 2016
Over the last two weeks of classes, we’ll focus in on the legislative process and on recent / contemporary policies and politics through a project of writing your own bill and taking it up in our Congress’s legislative session.
Download bill template (Word doc)
Schedule:
Congress Day #7 – April 15th. Learn about the legislative process. Research and decide on your bill or resolution and begin drafting it.
Bill Workshop Day – April 20th. Finalize your bill, and work as a Congress to organize the pending legislation into committee agendas and a queue for debate on the floor.
Email it to me in its final form by midnight Wednesday April 20 as a Word doc. I will give each document a number, post it to the Congress Wiki, and print it out for our next Congress day.
Day 8 – Fri 4/22 – Legislative Session #1
We will conduct hearings and vote on as many acts as possible.
Day 9 – Fri 4/29 – Legislative Session #2
We will conduct hearings and vote on as many acts as possible.
After Day 9 – update your committee page to its final form by Mon 5/2 (last day of class)
Mon 5/9 (Exam #4 day, 8:30 am) – Reflection paper due on the Congress project.
