2. Guitteau, Government and Politics in the United States, chapter xxiv.

3. Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xxi.

4. Reed, Form and Functions of American Government, chapter xii.

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. What is the relation of party organization to leadership in Congress? (Beard, pages 267-269.)

2. Discuss the constitutional rights of the minority in the House of Representatives. (Beard, pages 288-289.)

3. What is the influence of the Senate upon our national financial policy? (Munro, pages 307-308.)

4. What are the chief advantages of the committee system? (Guitteau, pages 275-276.)

5. What are the chief defects of this system? (Guitteau, pages 275- 276.)

6. What effect has the practice of unlimited debate in the Senate had upon legislative business? (Beard, pages 275-276.)