{"id":5852,"date":"2015-05-09T06:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T10:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=5852"},"modified":"2015-04-25T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T15:33:24","slug":"congressional-decisions-crash-course-government-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=5852","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our congress people do the things that they do. We\u2019ll talk about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions &#8211; constituency, interest groups, and political parties &#8211; and we\u2019ll break down how each of these factors motivate certain actions like casework, public opinion polls, and logrolling. Craig will even weigh in on which of these factors probably contributes most significantly to the actions and decisions of our congresspersons and he&#8217;ll do it without even a touch of cynicism!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZT9ipQdYL-s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by Squarespace:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashCourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashC&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse<\/a><br \/>\nTumblr &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nSupport Crash Course on Patreon:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/crashcourse\" href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/crashcourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/patreon.com\/crashcourse<\/a><br \/>\nCC Kids:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/crashcoursekids\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/crashcoursekids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/crashcoursekids<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our congress people do the things that they do. We\u2019ll talk about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions &#8211; constituency, interest groups, and political parties &#8211; and we\u2019ll break down how each of these factors motivate certain actions like casework, public opinion polls, and logrolling. Craig will even weigh in on which of these factors probably contributes most significantly to the actions and decisions of our congresspersons and he&#8217;ll do it without even a touch of cynicism! This episode is sponsored by Squarespace:\u00a0http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? 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