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Audios

Audio 1. Body Politic 
Description: The history of health care policy.

Audio 2. The Weeds: Welfare Policy Is Hard. Welfare Politics May Be Even Harder. 
Description: Analysis of welfare policies and how they are impacted by politics.

Audio 3. Borrowed Times 
Description: The history of the national debt.

Audio 4. Americana: 6 Feb 11: Presidential Doctrine 
Description: Explanation of the importance of doctrines in the context of Arab Spring.

Videos

Video 1. Separation of Powers: U.S. Foreign Policy 
Description: Brief history of 20th century congressional involvement in foreign policy.

News Clip 1. Republican Presidential Candidates Explain their Education Policies 
Description: Republican presidential candidates explain their education policies.

News Clip 2. Congressional Testimony Regarding Failures by Agencies to Protect Flint Water 
Description: Congressional testimony regarding failures by agencies to protect Flint water.

News Clip 3. Paul Ryan Argues for a Policy Agenda Focused on Terrorism over Gun Rights Reform 
Description: Speaker Ryan argues for a policy agenda focused on terrorism over gun rights reform.

News Clip 4. Expert Analysis of the Stimulus Package, One Year Later 
Description: Expert analysis of the stimulus package, one year later.

News Clip 5. John Boehner Addresses the Budget Deficit 
Description: Speaker Boehner addresses the budget deficit and calls on Dems to reduce it.

News Clip 6. Yellen Expresses the Outcome of the FOMC Meeting 
Description: Yellen expresses the outcome of the FOMC meeting.

Web Links

Web Link 1. Nationalized Facebook? 
Description: Should Facebook be made into a publically regulated good?

Web Link 2: The Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program 
Description: Analysis of Milwaukee’s charter school and voucher programs.

Web Link 3. The Effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act on Working Families   
Description: Testimony to Congress regarding the consequences of PRWORA after 5 years.

Web Link 4. But Will It Work?: Implementation Analysis to Improve Government Performance 
Description: Issue Brief by Brookings recommending implementation analysis of bills in Congress.

Web Link 5. Interactive Budget 
Description: An interactive breakdown of the federal budget.

Web Link 6. Federal Budget 101 
Description: An introduction to the federal budget process. 

Web Link 7. Greg Mankiw’s Blog 
Description: Blog discussing issues of monetary and fiscal policy.

Web Link 8. Student Debt Crisis 
Description: Nonprofit advocating affordable higher education

Web Link 9. Clinton Borrows From Bernie 
Description: Explanation of the origins of and the specifics of Clinton’s plan for free college.

Web Link 10. Stimulus Tracker 
Description: Interactive graph of how the stimulus package was spent.

Web Link 11. The Monroe Doctrine 
Description: Lesson plan studying the Monroe Doctrine and its impact.

Web Link 12. Reno Domenico: Should Trump Win, Ukraine Will Lose 
Description: Editorial describes how a Trump presidency would affect Ukraine/Russia foreign policy.

Web Link 13. The Cold War 
Description: The historical foreign policy events of President Kennedy.

Web Link 14. Council for Foreign Relations 
Description: The premier American Foreign Policy Council’s take on topical international events.

Web Link 15: Policy and Politics 
Description: Policy opinion reports by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Web Link 16. SFS Research 
Description: Aggregator of research by faculty and staff of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.