POLS
4113 H1		 THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
FALL
2025		 CRN 5645
3 credit hours		 Time:
TR 12:30-1:45pm		 X017
Oakes Center
CARL D. CAVALLI 338 HANSFORD HALL
706-864-1872		 carl.cavalli
@ung.edu		 Office Hours: M,W 3-530pm; T,R 445-515pm,
or by email or appointment
Prerequisite: POLS 1101
This course examines the formulation and implementation of legislation and how the structure and dynamics of political institutions affect it. The focus is on how execu-tives and legislatures co-operate and conflict in shaping policy. 		NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS (See D2L for old ones):
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READINGS and OTHER MATERIAL:
Unorthodox Lawmaking, 4th edition Presidential Legislative Behavior, 2006 Congressional Odyssey coursepack Case Study #1:
Reid		 Yahoo! News / Politics
Google News/Politics
Roll Call
 THE HILL POLITICO
Case Study #2: Infrastructure Act
(readings TBA)
Sinclair Cavalli Reid,  Infra. Web sites
Click here for additional readings/videos		 OBJECTIVES/FORMAT
ROLE-PLAYING
CASE STUDY
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CLASS ARTICLES (BY DATE, MOST RECENT FIRST):

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