Legislative Process Helpful Links

Below you will find a list of links that should help you both in your research about the legislative process and in the creation of your short story or comic strip.

Researching the Legislative Process:
Legislative Process Step-by-step from Congress.gov
Legislative Glossary from Congress.gov

General News Websites:
Congress.gov - great for looking up bills

GovTrack - Great for looking up and tracking bills

New York Times
Politico
The Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
CNN
Fox News

The Federal Budget Process Resources

Use the following links to complete the Federal Budget WebQuest.

National Priorities: Federal Budget 101

• Answer the questions for each section of the "federal budget 101" guide.

Trump’s 2019 budget: what he cuts, how much he cuts, and why it matters

• Use the article to answer the questions about Trump's budget proposal and it's likelihood of passage.

Snow Day Assignment

First, happy snow day! Below you will find your assignment for today. Unfortunately, this well-timed snow day has messed up our delicate schedule as we get closer to May. This means that tomorrow both your leadership want ads and this assignment will be due the next time I see you. Also, don't forget all this information and more can be found on the blog under the class materials section. As always, if you have any questions about the assignment, or anything else for that matter, please let me know!

The Assignment:

1. Answer the Committees in Congress PPT Questions as you view the Committees in Congress PPT.
2. After viewing the PPT complete the Congressional Leadership matching worksheet.

Links for the Assignment (also available in the class materials section):

Committees in Congress PPT
Committees in Congress Snow Day Assignment

Congressional Madness Research

Use the following sites to research your member of Congress and to complete the scorecard as well.

Search for Your Member of Congress:
GovTrack.us - Member Search

• Be sure to click on their 2018 report card and check out the links to other websites in the links section of the page (upper right of the page).

Wikipedia - Members Page

Good Links for Committee Descriptions:
House Committee Descriptions
Senate Committee Descriptions

Campaign Finances:
OpenSecrets.com - Member Search

Election Results:
For the best results do a google search for the following:
your member of congress + election results (the Wikipedia results are a good place to look)

Congressional Action:
GovTrack.us - Member Search
search for your member of congress, click on their name, and then click on 2018 report card