Explain the free rider problem in your own words. Can you think of another example of the free rider problem in society?
Thursday: HW: read p 319-331. Watch Crash Course Bicameral legislature (Also check out the Redistricting Game)
Crash Course Congressional Leadership
Senate Leadership and House Leadership
Committees and Crash Course Committees
Chapter 11 material to know:
Party Polarization, Gerrymandering, Redistricting, “One Person, One Vote,” Divided Government, Lame-Duck, Caucus
Senate, House, Chamber Sizes, Constituencies, Term-Lengths in Congress, Enumerated Powers (including Passing a Budget, Raising Revenue, Coining Money, Declaring War, and Maintaining Armed Forces), Implied Powers, Necessary and Proper Clause
Policy-Making Process, Congressional Standing Committees, Joint Committees, Special Committees, Conference Committees, Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, Party Leadership in Congress, Committee Leadership, Filibuster and Cloture, Holds, Unanimous Consent, Rules Committee, Committee of the Whole, Discharge Petitions, Treaty Ratification, Confirmation, Oversight, Casework, GAO, CBO