The POLS W3322 Web Page




Prof. Gregory Wawro
Department of Political Science
Columbia University

Announcements:

The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, 5/11/2004, 1:10-4pm in 301 Pupin

A review session will be held for the final on Wed., May 5th from 7:00 to 8:30 in 517 Hamilton. The format will be Q & A--i.e., students should bring questions about material covered in the course and I will answer them.

I will not be holding regular office hours on Tues. May 4th, but plan to be around for most of the day for anyone who wants to set up an appointment.



Lecture notes from 4/6/04

Syllabus for POLS w3322: The American Congress.

Paper Topics

Corrected figures for partisan rationale for committees

The TAs for the course are:

Eduardo Leoni ( ell2002@columbia.edu ) Office hours: Tues. 4-6pm in 805 IAB

Melanie Springer ( mjs2101@columbia.edu ) Office hours: Wed. 4-6pm in 270H IAB

If you have any problems accessing this page or its links or would like to add a link, send me email.




Sites with general information on Congress:


  • CQ.com On Congress Congressional Quarterly Online. One of the best resources for studying the U.S. Congress.
  • CQ Weekly
  • Lexis-Nexis Congressional Information .
  • National Journal
  • Roll Call is the newspaper of Capitol Hill.
  • CongressLink
  • The Hill "The newspaper for and About the U.S. Congress."
  • C-SPAN
  • Washington Post Online The national page of the Washington Post.
  • Today In Congress Daily summary of the day's activities on Capitol Hill, including schedules for hearings and speakers, as well as the full text of bills.
  • Penny Hill Press Search for and order publications of the Congressional Research Service (I would use this page to search for documents of interests and then request them from the office of your representative. Providing CRS documents free of charge is one type of constituency service that representatives' offices provide.)

    "Official" congressional sites:


  • U.S. House of Representatives Home Page
  • U.S. Senate Home Page
  • THOMAS Page--legislative information on the internet
  • The U.S. Legislative Branch--Library of Congress Internet Resource Page
  • A Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873.
  • Office of the Clerk of the House "At this site, you can obtain copies of House documents, including public disclosure forms, made available by the Clerk as part of his official duties. You can also find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees."



    The following pages have information about elections:



  • All Politics
  • Federal Election Commission
  • FECinfo

    Other sites of interest:

  • Elements of Style
  • MLA Web Page Consult these pages on how to cite sources, especially sources from the World Wide Web.

    Handouts/Slides/Articles:

  • Candidate Positioning in U.S. House Elections , Stephen Ansolabehere; James M. Snyder, Jr.; Charles Stewart, III; American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 45, No. 1, Jan., 2001, pp. 136-159.
  • Guide to Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (PL 107-155) from CQ.com.


    Last Updated 10 February 2004