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We the People: A Concise Introduction to American Politics, 4/e
Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard University

Congress

Analytical Thinking Exercise

  1. Based on the information provided in Figure 11-5, what legislative strategy would you think that the president would pursue? If you were a House member from the party opposite from the president, what strategy for proposing and passing legislation would you pursue?
  2. Apply the analytical thinking format provided in Chapter One of this Study Guide to the essay "Tammany Hall Goes to Washington" by Morris P. Fiorina at the end of Chapter Eleven in the text.