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Back to SearchEp. 249 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Understanding the Senate: How the Senate Floor Really Works
Season 1 Episode 249
It's been called "The World's Greatest Deliberative Body." One-third of its members are elected every two years, and serve six year terms. Presided…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 248 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | How Does the House Floor Really Works
Season 1 Episode 248
One of the genius aspects of the United States Constitution is the emphasis on protecting individual liberty. The document protects liberty through …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 247 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | How Does The Committee System in Congress Really Work?
Season 1 Episode 247
Did you know there are thousands upon thousands of bills filed every year in the US House and Senate? Only a fraction of those reach a floor vote an…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 246 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | How A Bill Becomes A Law
Season 1 Episode 249
Article 1 of the US Constitution creates Congress and gives Congress the power to write and pass laws. But what does that process look like? What i…
10 months ago
Ep. 245 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | A Day In The Life Of A Speaker Of The House
Season 1 Episode 248
Next in the line of succession for the Presidency, after the Vice President. Presiding officer over all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representati…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 244 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Anita McBride | A Day In The Life Of A First Lady
Season 1 Episode 247
Constitutional Chats Podcast Episode 247
For being such a public figure, the role of the First Lady of the United States is not well-defined. Some h…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 243 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Dr. Ed Larson | How George Washington Saved Our Republic
Season 14 Episode 246
The American Revolution ended in 1781. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. George Washington was elected our country's first president in 1788 …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 242 | Constitutional Chats | George Sifakis | A Day In The Life Of An Assistant To The President
Season 14 Episode 245
The Executive Branch of our country, led by the President, oversees millions of federal employees and hundreds of White House staff. Obviously, the …
11 months ago
Ep. 241 | Constitutional Chats | Christopher Cox on His Book "Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn"
Season 1 Episode 244
He was a university president who became the President of the United States. He took us into war with Germany in World War I but later won a Nobel P…
11 months, 1 week ago
Ep 240 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Jim Pinkerton | Buying Greenland: A Constitutional Deep Dive
Season 1 Episode 243
The idea of the United States acquiring Greenland is not a new idea. This idea has been kicked around since the 19th century but revisited with the …
11 months, 2 weeks ago