Model Congress I

The last project of the year will be to engage in a model Congress.  Each of you will be assigned roles (as Senators), and will have to argue for or against proposed bills based on your role.  Role examples include:  southern conservative republican, California liberal, etc.  The roles will be assigned over the course of the next few days.  There will be committee meetings as well as a floor debate on some of the bills that you all write.

In class on 22-23 March, please research potential bills to be considered by the Model Congress.  You should come up with a proposed law which meets all of the following:

____  fits the business of the Federal government
____  addresses some current issue
____  solves some aspect of the current issue
____  sets a penalty for violating the law or an incentive for following the law
____  fits the format noted below.

The format should be as follows:

Paragraph 1:  The problem this bill will solve is .... [2-3 sentences]
Paragraph 2:  This bill will solve the problem by doing the following [2 or 3 things]
Paragraph 3:  The penalty for violating/incentive for following the bill is [list 2 or 3 things]

Create a document which (a) includes the bill as noted above, and (b) contains URLs for three articles which either show there's a problem or provide arguments FOR passing the bill.

Share the bill/URL list (in ONE document) at GoogleDocs using coachdeb8@gmail.com