Contemporary News Analysis Bibliography

Contemporary News Analysis Item Civics Connection Location Alarkon, Walter. “Self-imposed Republican Moratorium Leads to Congressional Budget Drop in 2011 Earmark Spending.” The Hill, August 1, 2010. Earmarks Ambinder, Marc. “Exclusive: How Democrats Won the Data War Targeting Voters in in 2008.” The Atlantic, October 5, 2009. Congressional Elections Aujla, Simmi. “GOP Taps Hal Rogers for House Appropriations Congressional Committee Committee Chair.” Politico, December 8, 2010. Chairs Baker, James A. and Warren Christopher. “Put War Powers Back War Powers Act Where They Belong.” The New York Times, July 8, 2008. Baker, Peter and Jim VandeHei. “Clash is Latest Chapter in Bush War Powers Act Effort to Widen Executive Power.” The Washington Post, December 21, 2005. Barone, Michael. “Congress and the Next President Should Repeal War Powers Act the War Powers Act.” U.S. News and World Report, July 10, 2008. Barr, Andy “Arizona Republican Pamela Gorman Fires Guns in Campaign Advertising in Ad.” Politico, June 29, 2010. Congressional Races Beckel, Michael. “Lobbyists Aggressively Targeted Democrats’ Interest Groups Lobbying Top Legislative Priorities During Barack Obama’s First Two Congress Years.” Center for Responsive Politics, March 10, 2011. Bossie, David and Craig Holman. “Should Congress Regulate Campaign Advertising in Political Ad Money?” The Christian Science Monitor, September Congressional Races 27, 2010. Brannen, Kate. “U.S. House Committee Chair Supports Obama Congressional Committee Defense Budget.” Defense News, May 9, 2011. Chairs Burek, Josh. “Will the 112th Congress Work Hard—or Hardly Congress and the Public Work?” Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 2011. “Congressional Redistricting All But Finalized.” CBS New York, The Congressional March 18, 2012. Redistricting Process Connelly, Bill. “The GOP Strategic Advantage.” Rasmussen Majority & Minority Party Reports, December 16, 2010. Membership in Congress Cowan, Richard and Thomas Ferraro. “Vanishing Giants in a Party and Policy Sharply Divided Congress.” Reuters, June 1, 2011. Committees in Congress Cannon, Carl M. and Andrea Stone. “Campaign Ads 2010: The Campaign Advertising in Good, the Bad, and the Funny.” Politics Daily, October 31, 2010. Congressional Races Catanese, David. “Jewish Voters Targeted in NY-26.” Politico, Targeting Voters in May 19, 2011. Congressional Elections Clark, Stephen. “Conservatives Raise Alarm about Fairness Life as a U.S. Senator Doctrine in ‘Different Garb.’” Fox News, September 2, 2011. Cohen, Andrew. “The Clinton Impeachment, Ten Years Later.” Impeaching the President CBS News, April 8, 2009. “The Congress: The Fateful Vote to Impeach.” Time, August 5, Impeaching the President 1974. 1 “Congress Overrides Medicare Payment Bill Veto.” Associated Overriding Presidential Press, July 15, 2008. Vetoes Curry, Tom. “Micro-targeting Voters May Be Key to Election.” Targeting Voters in MSNBC. October 8, 2006. Congressional Elections DeRusha, Jason. “Good Question: Does Calling Your Congress and the Public Congressman Help?” CBS News Minnesota, July 26, 2011. Dobbs, Michael. “McCain’s Fantasy War on Earmarks.” The Congressional Budget Washington Post, May 23, 2008. Earmarks Eddington, Patrick. “The Gulf War and the ‘Great Abdication’ of War Powers Act Congressional Power.” Op-Ed News, February 28, 2011. Eggen Dan. “The Influence Industry: The Fine Lines between a Political Action Palin Vacation and Palin Tour.” The Washington Post, June 1, Committees 2011. Fahrenthold, David A. “Congress Putting its Faith in Committee.” Congressional Committee The Washington Post, July 31, 2011. System Findley, Paul and Don Fraser. “The Battle over War Powers.” Los War Powers Act Angeles Times, September 22, 2008. Foley, Edward B., “Citizens United: A Long Term Perspective.” Bipartisan Campaign Election Law @ Moritz, January 2, 2010. Reform Act Friedman, Dan. “McConnell Hopes Cash Scares off 2014 Rivals.” Targeting Voters in National Journal, March 14, 2012. Congressional Elections Gingrich, Newt, “Blacking out Speech: McCain-Feingold’s Assault Bipartisan Campaign on Freedom.” American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Reform Act Research, June 1, 2006. Glass, Andrew. “Truman Signs Legislative Reorganization Act, Congressional Committee Aug. 2, 1946.” Politico, August 2, 2010. System Goodman, Alana. “Reid’s Plan Likely to See Action.” Congressional Budget Act Commentary Magazine, July 29, 2011. Green, Joshua. “The Incumbent-Protection Plan.” The National Running for Congress as Journal, July 22, 2011. an Incumbent Grier, Peter. “In Time for Election 2012, a Stephen Colbert Super Political Action PAC. What is that?” The Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 2011. Committees Halloran, Liz. “’House Rules’ Give Republicans Big Advantage.” Majority & Minority Party National Public Radio, November 9, 2010. Membership in Congress Hamilton, Lee. “Congress Only Tinkers on the Budget.” The Congressional Budget Act Center on Congress, February 27, 2005. Hamilton, Lee. “Lobbying Murkiness Undermines Our Trust in Interest Groups Lobbying Congress.” The Center on Congress, April 11, 2005. Congress Hamilton, Lee. “Who Lobbies for the Rest of Us?” The Center on Interest Groups Lobbying Congress, October 30, 2005. Congress Hamilton, Lee. “Why Holding the Majority Matters.” The Center Majority & Minority Party on Congress, August, 28, 2008. Membership in Congress Hulse, Carl. “House Republican Leaders Select Committee Congressional Committee Chairmen.” The New York Times, December 7, 2010. Chairs Joyner, James. “War Powers Consultation Act.” Outside the War Powers Act

2 Beltway, July 8, 2008. Kaus, Mickey, “Everyone was Wrong about McCain-Feingold!: Bipartisan Campaign We all Missed a Giant Loophole in the Law” Slate, April 25, 2002. Reform Act Kiely, Kathy. “Congress is Getting Grayer but Not Ready to Life as a U.S. Senator Retire.” USA Today, June 8, 2006. Kugler, Sara. “NYC Mayor Takes Voter Targeting to the Extreme.” Targeting Voters in The Seattle Times, October 26, 2009. Congressional Elections Kumar, Anita. “Justice Department Approves Virginia’s The Congressional Congressional Redistricting Plan.” The Washington Post: Post Redistricting Process Local, March 14, 2012. Lambrecht, Bill. “Surprise Retirement by Illinois Congressman Sets The Congressional off Scramble.” STL Today, April 5, 2012. Redistricting Process Lerer, Lisa and Laura Litvan. “No Congress Since ‘60s Makes as Life as a U.S. Senator Much Law as 111th Affecting Most Americans.” Bloomberg, December 22, 2010. Lichtblau, Eric. “Lobbyists Line up to Sway Special Committee.” Interest Groups Lobbying The New York Times, September 21, 2011. Congress Mann, Thomas, “A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime?” Bipartisan Campaign The Forum, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2008. Reform Act Marks, Honorable Dana Leigh. “An Urgent Priority: Why Congressional Relations Congress Should Establish an Article I Immigration Court.” with the Cabinet Bender’s Immigration Bulletin 13 January 1, 2008. Martin, Jonathan. “Redistricting, Inslee Resignation Add up to The Congressional Mess in 1st District Election.” The Seattle Times, April 3, 2012. Redistricting Process Mitchell, Alison. “With First Veto, Clinton Rejects Budget-Cut Overriding Presidential Bill.” The New York Times, June 8, 1995. Vetoes Nichols, John. “Congressman’s Primary Loss Highlights Anti- Running for Congress as Incumbent Mood.” The Nation, May 12, 2010. an Incumbent O’Keefe, Eric and Aaron Steelman. “The End of Representation: Congress and the Public How Congress Stifles Electoral Competition.” Cato Institute, August 20, 1997. O’Meara, Kelly Patricia. “For Constituents, Help is on the Hill.” Congress and the Public Insight on the News: A Publication of the Washington Times, February 22, 1999. Ornstein, Norman J. “Despite Partisanship, Congress’ Agencies Congressional Budget Act Still Stand Independent.” American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, July 20, 2005. Ostermeier, Eric. “House Republican Committee Chairs Enjoy Party and Policy Huge Spike in Fundraising.” Smart Politics, April 21, 2011. Committees in Congress Pasztor, Andy. “NASA Program Remains Uncertain After House Congressional Committee Vote.” The Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2010. System Podkul, Cezary and Gregory Korte. “’Earmarks to Nowhere: Congressional Budget States Losing Billions.” USA Today, January 5, 2011. Earmarks Polis, Jared. “Commentary: This isn’t much of a Recess for Congress and the Public Congress.” CNN, August 6, 2009.

3 Rendall, Steve. “The Fairness Doctrine: How We Lost It, and Why Life as a U.S. Senator We Need It Back.” FAIR, January/February 2005. “Rep. Steve Israel, Democratic Congressional Campaign Party and Policy Committee Chairman.” C-SPAN, February 13, 2011. Committees in Congress Rogan, James E. “Obama’s Lessons from Bill Clinton’s Impeaching the President Impeachment.” World Net Daily, March 14, 2011. Ronayne, Kathleen. “Democrat or Republican, National Party Party and Policy Committees Reap Campaign Riches from Registered Lobbyists.” Committees in Congress Center for Responsive Politics, June 6, 2011. Rosenblatt, Robert A. and Gebe Martinez. “Senate Completes First Overriding Presidential Override of Clinton Veto: Congress: Measure Restricts Investors’ Vetoes Ability to Sue for Securities Fraud. It’s a Victory for GOP ‘Contract.’” The Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1995. Rucker, Phillip. “Leader of Minority Parties in Senate and House Majority & Minority Party Introduce Jobs Agendas.” Washington Post, May 4, 2011. Membership in Congress Rudman, Mara and Denis McDonough. “Congressional War War Powers Act Powers: Too Many Options to Forget.” Center for American Progress, March 7, 2007. Samples, John. “Broadcast Localism and Lessons of the Fairness Life as a U.S. Senator Doctrine.” Policy Analysis No. 639, May 27, 2009. Samples, John. “McCain-Feingold will hurt Democrats and they Bipartisan Campaign Know it”, March 16, 2001. Reform Act Schwarz, Alan. “Congress Considers Concussion Protections.” The Congressional Committee New York Times, September 23, 2010. System “Senate Overrides Bush Water Projects Veto: First Time in a Overriding Presidential Decade Congress Has Passed a Bill Over Presidential Rejection.” Vetoes Associated Press, November 8, 2007. “Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Republican Conference Chairman.” Party and Policy C-SPAN, September 25, 2011. Committees in Congress Shane, Scott and Ron Nixon. “In Washington, Contractors Take on Congressional Relations Biggest Role Ever.” The New York Times, February 4, 2007. with the Cabinet Shear, Michael D. and Jennifer Preston. “In Turn to Politics, Political Action Facebook Starts a PAC.” The New York Times, September 26, Committees 2011. Slinkerwink. “GOP Looks to Bridge Digital Divide Against Targeting Voters in Dems.” Daily Kos, March 29, 2012. Congressional Elections Sloan, Melanie. “Congress: Hypocritical, Shameless and Self Life as a U.S. Senator Serving.” The Hill, April 7, 2011. Souss, Jorge. “Impeach Clinton? Why not Impeach O.J.?” Jurist, Impeaching the President March 1, 2001. Stephenson, Charles A. “Congress in Retreat on War Powers War Powers Act Reform.” The Boston Globe, July 11, 2008. Strickland, Ken and Domenico Montanaro. “Six Obama Cabinet Congressional Relations Nominees Confirmed.” MSN, January 20, 2009. with the Cabinet “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio.” The Center for Life as a U.S. Senator

4 American Progress and Free Press, June 21, 2007. Thiessen, Marc P. “Advice for the New Congress from the Original Running for Congress as Conservative Insurgent.” American Enterprise Institute for Public an Incumbent Policy Research, January 4, 2011. Wagner, John. “Campaign Stunt Launches a Corporate ‘Candidate’ Campaign Advertising in for Congress.” The Washington Post, March 13, 2010. Congressional Races Weisman, John. “Farm-Bill Veto Overridden Despite Glitch.” The Overriding Presidential Washington Post, May 23, 2008. Vetoes Will, George F. “Voting Rights Gone Wrong.” The Washington The Congressional Post, March 15, 2009. Redistricting Process