Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - Double Tracking, Cloture, Session Laws
20 Mar 2014
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Don"t do more than 3 prisms/lens (e. g. environment, social, economic, etc. ) *lay out problem and give methods to evaluate the alternatives* E. g. no high speed rail (low on environment; high on efficient spending) E. g. start out high speed rail (medium on environment; medium on spending) E. g. full on build high speed rail (high on environment, and how it influences on the economy) Possible topics: e. g. environment, education, healthcare reform, etc. 5-10% bills introduced in a given session of congress end up becoming law. Who else drafts bills? lawyer (somebody who knows legislation), interest groups, people not in federal government but in other levels of government (e. g. mayor), staffers, people in local offices, companies and organizations, industry association groups, donors. Anybody can write a bill, but only a congressperson can introduce it. Not president: president can draft/propose legislation, but they cannot introduce it. Subcommittees can kill it by not recommending it up to committee.
