Chapter 107

9. Rules of the House of Representatives. (_Manual of the House of Representatives_.)

10. The Speaker of the House. (Follett, _The Speaker of the House of Representatives_.)

11. Leadership in the House. (Beard, _American Government and Politics_, pages 280-286.)

12. The career of Speaker Clay, Blaine, Reed, or Cannon. (Consult an encyclopedia, or special biographies of these Speakers.)

13. The House of Representatives at work. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter xiv.)

14. Congressional finance. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter xvii.)

15. The committee system in Congress. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter xv; McCall, _The Business of Congress_, chapters in and v.)

16. An Englishman's view of legislation in the Congress of the United States. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter xvi.)

FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

17. Should the Speaker of the House be deprived of the power to refer bills to whatever committee he chooses?

18. Should the powers of the presiding officer of the Senate be increased?

19. Is debate in the House of Representatives too greatly restricted?

20. Should the privilege of "franking" be restricted?

21. Should the President's power to veto bills be extended? Should it be restricted?