View brief videos examining key legislation throughout our nation's history that impacts our lives today. Topics include Child Labor, Civil Rights, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Park Service, The Marshall Plan, and Women's...

Thought-provoking podcasts explains how different legislative acts affect our daily lives.

In this episode, Craig Benzine discuses the role of committees in congress. We'll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds), as well as the staff agencies...

Landmark legislation is created by Congress when there is a need for it, such as to address inequality or to protect workers' rights.

Describes the reasons that a member of Congress initiates a new piece of legislation, things that need to be considered in proposing it, and resources available to them for a thorough analysis.

This page allows the student to get up to the minute information as well as use video to watch actual events as they occur in Congress.

Crash Course video in which Craig Benzine discusses how Congress makes decisions and how those decisions are influenced by constituency, interest groups and party politics. [6:35]