There is no doubt many changes or lack of changes are due to bipartisanism in the capital. Learners analyze a political cartoon that describes the issues surrounding changes to the current health care system, and consider whether...

Students examine the process of how a bill becomes law. Pupils discuss reasons for debates and explore the use of filibusters. The class observes a video to discover procedures in the House and Senate. Students visit a filibuster...

Do your pupils need extra practice with sentence completion? Learners will have to employ a variety of strategies to answer correctly the six multiple-choice prompts on the worksheet. A richly detailed answer/explanation key is included....

Read the text of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill as it was presented to the House of Representatives in 1922. Its passage was thwarted by a filibuster in the Senate.

CNN article providing detailed information on the Senate confirmation hearing of Samuel Alito who was sworn in as the 110th Supreme Court justice on January 31st, 2006.