Short Course 1: Understanding Legislative Effectiveness
Module 1: About the Center for Effective Lawmaking
Start this short course on how we can assess legislative effectiveness by understanding the background and inspiration for the work.
Links to: www.thelawmakers.org/the-book
www.thelawmakers.org/affiliates
Module 2: Understanding the Legislative Effectiveness Scores
With this short video, learn how we determine our legislative effectiveness scores, the methodology, and how to understand the LES.
Links to: www.thelawmakers.org/methodology
Module 3: About Co-Sponsors and Amendments
Learn how co-sponsorship and amendments do (or do not) affect the LES in module 3.
Module 4: Other Considerations About Effective Lawmaking
In this video, Professor Craig Volden discusses other considerations in regards to legislative effectiveness that can, or can not, be captured.
Links to: www.thelawmakers.org/methodology
Module 5: Obstructionism and Effective Lawmaking
Here Professor Craig Volden discusses the role of effective obstructionism when it comes to measuring the LES. Prof. Volden shares memorable stories of specific obstructionist tactics.
Links to: www.thelawmakers.org/methodology
Module 6: Building a Better Congress
In this module, we share the three main pillars of how the LES is being used to build a better Congress. Included in this video are some of the exciting new findings and conclusions we’ve reached through our research.
Links to: www.thelawmakers.org/work-paper-series
www.thelawmakers.org/publications
www.thelawmakers.org/blog
Module 7: Unique Findings about Women in Congress
In this clip, Professor Craig Volden shares some of the relevant findings made through our research regarding women in Congress, the unique role they play, and the fate of women’s issues in Congress.
Links to: thelawmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/womens_issues_and_their_fates_in_the_us_congress.pdf
thelawmakers.org/work-paper-series
thelawmakers.org/publications
Module 8: The Future of the CEL
In our final video module, Professor Craig Volden explains how our work is positioned to make an impact.
Links to:
thelawmakers.org/blog
