1. Agenda- 9/13 Grab a chrome book and worksheets
Crash Course Government- Congressional Committees (LS)
Unit 2 Lecture 5- Congressional Committees (RS)
Writing a Bill (LS)
Finish Test Review and Congress in a Flash
HW: Bill draft

2. Crash Course Government Congressional Committees

3. Unit 2 Lecture 5 Congressional Committees
-What are the leadership roles in Congress?
-What are the roles of committees in Congress?
-What are the different types of congressional committees?

4. What are the leadership roles in Congress?
House of Representatives
-Speaker of the House
Senate
-President of the Senate (Vice- President)
-President Pro Tempore
Both parties (and houses)
-Floor Leaders
-Whips
-Party Caucus
-Committee Chairmen
Seniority rule-Usually the most experienced member gets the leadership role

5. What are the types of committees in Congress and what do they do?
Standing Committees
-permanent committees
-agriculture, armed services, banking
Select Committees
-temporary committees
-Iraq War, 9/11, steroids in baseball
Joint Committees
-a committee made up of members of both houses
-can be permanent or temporary
-purpose is investigative
Conference Committees
-purpose is to iron out the differences in a bill

6. “There ought to be a law…”
First, take your “law idea” and do a rough draft of your law into the “Bill Format” on a left side page of your notebook. (format on next slide & a handout w/ a template)
This is something EVERY one of you must do – it’s a Notebook Assignment for YOUR grade ; )
Tomorrow: each of you will join a Conference Committee and present your Bill

7. Congress S. _____ A Bill
Paragraph 1- Objective -Purpose of your bill -Use your 3 reasons from yesterday -short Paragraph 2- Data -Statistics, charts, graphs, numbers… -Has your bill been tried in a state or another country? If so, how effective was it? -Longer (takes some research) Paragraph 3- Implementation -How will you meet the objectives? -What is the cost? (taxes) -How will it be implemented? -Will it create new programs or jobs? -What are the positives and negatives? -Longest (takes some creativity)

8. “There ought to be a law…”
Get into a group (Committees) of 4 and share out each of your ideas. Start thinking about which one is the best one which you think could pass the “Class Congress.”
See handout about final bill for revisions & begin working on your bills as a group.
Your group will make a decision on its best bill on Thursday.
Remember - Your bill should be on a left-side page of your notebook when it is finished.