We have done the online exercise on flag-burning. Here is a real-life measure.
If you want to know a member of Congress, you better know a district. (See if your home member appeared.) Why did Rahm Emanuel, chair of the Democratic Caucus, tell first-term members to avoid Colbert? What does his advice tell us about the merging of news and entertainment?
Members nowadays reach constituents through the web. See the homepages of Representatives Lois Capps (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Look at various constituent services. How do they help members win reelection?
In addition to helping individual constituents, senators and House members steer projects to their constituencies. See CNN report on an "earmark." See here for a map of some earmarks.
And just to follow up on Ben's post, I found The Best Taiwanese Parliament Fights of All Time.
Members nowadays reach constituents through the web. See the homepages of Representatives Lois Capps (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Look at various constituent services. How do they help members win reelection?
In addition to helping individual constituents, senators and House members steer projects to their constituencies. See CNN report on an "earmark." See here for a map of some earmarks.
And just to follow up on Ben's post, I found The Best Taiwanese Parliament Fights of All Time.
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