
Lecture Description
Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn’t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a series of amendments and votes in both houses, potentially more committees, further compromise bills, and even more floor votes, just to end up on the chopping block of the president. And then in one fell swoop the president can stop a bill in its tracks with a veto! But then again, a presidential veto isn’t necessarily a bill’s end either.
As you can see we’ve got to lot to cover, and we’ll be the first to admit this has been covered before, and extraordinarily well might we add, by the folks at School House Rock. But we’ll give it our best shot - without the singing of course. Well, not too much singing anyway.
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Course Index
- Introduction to American Government
- The Bicameral Congress
- Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
- Federalism
- Constitutional Compromises
- Congressional Elections
- Congressional Committees
- Congressional Leadership
- How a Bill Becomes a Law
- Congressional Decisions
- Presidential Power
- Presidential Powers 2
- Congressional Delegation
- How Presidents Govern
- Bureaucracy Basics
- Types of Bureaucracies
- Controlling Bureaucracies
- Legal System Basics
- Structure of the Court System
- Supreme Court of the United States Procedures
- Judicial Review
- Judicial Decisions
- Civil Right
- Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of Speech
- Freedom of the Press
- Search and Seizure
- Due Process of Law
- Equal Protection
- Sex Discrimination
- Discrimination
- Affirmative Action
- Public Opinion
- Shaping Public Opinion
- Political Ideology
- Election Basics
- Gerrymandering
- How Voters Decide
- Political Campaigns
- Political Parties
- Party Systems
- Interest Groups
- Interest Group Formation
- Media Institution
- Media Regulation
- Market Economy
- Government Regulation
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- Social Policy
- Foreign Policy
Course Description
In this crash course series hosted by Craig Benzine (aka WheezyWaiter), learn the basics of American government in videos lasting about 9 minutes each, covering the basic functions and policies discussed in American politics