Mock Congress.

I actually enjoyed the mock congress we had in class, although I'm pretty sure it was a rather sketch imitation of what Congress would actually look like. I, for one, forgot that i was voting on behalf of my constituents the first day and voted based on my own personal beliefs... Everyone basically had their minds made up about the bills before they hit the floor, which i imagine is also how it goes down in real life. Our bills-for the most part- were rather outrageous, and with all our different amendments and provisions would have taken forever to actually pass had we taken the time to be realistic. The whole thing is a really long, drawn out process, and this little activity helped piece it all together for me.