Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

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.)