TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT
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1. Compare the internal organization of Congress with the organization of your state legislature.
2. Compare the officers of Congress with the officers of your state legislature.
3. Compare the committee system of Congress with the committee system in your state legislature.
4. Compare the practice of debate in the National House of Representatives with the use of debate in the lower house of your state legislature.
5. Compare Congress with your state legislature with respect to volume of legislation.
6. The business of Congress. (McCall, The Business of Congress.)
7. Rules of the Senate. (Manual of the Senate.)
8. The Senate at work. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xii.)
9. Rules of the House of Representatives. (Manual of the House of Representatives.)
10. The Speaker of the House. (Follett, The Speaker of the House of Representatives.)
11. Leadership in the House. (Beard, American Government and Politics, pages 280-286.)
12. The career of Speaker Clay, Blaine, Reed, or Cannon. (Consult an encyclopedia, or special biographies of these Speakers.)
13. The House of Representatives at work. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xiv.)
14. Congressional finance. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xvii.)
15. The committee system in Congress. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xv; McCall, The Business of Congress, chapters in and v.)
16. An Englishman's view of legislation in the Congress of the United States. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xvi.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
17. Should the Speaker of the House be deprived of the power to refer bills to whatever committee he chooses?
18. Should the powers of the presiding officer of the Senate be increased?
19. Is debate in the House of Representatives too greatly restricted?
20. Should the privilege of "franking" be restricted?
21. Should the President's power to veto bills be extended? Should it be restricted?