Are you a Senate purist? Do you already miss the filibuster (on judicial and executive branch nominees)? Is this a positive or a historically sad change?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/21/harry-reid-nuclear-senate/3662445/

Analysis: Do you predict that a Conference Committee will resolve the differences in the House and Senate budget bills? How or why not?

(Will Elections and Voting considerations play a large role?)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/21/us/politics/party-budget-comparison.html?ref=politics&_r=0

What did we learn from the 2013 elections? (btw: this is the 300th post for this blog. Wow)

5 things we learned from Election Night 2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/politics/election-2013-5-things/index.html

Completely unrelated article that you should read anyway: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/business/they-loved-your-gpa-then-they-saw-your-tweets.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=education&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1384095769-fTLazpLti60XF/CzXZnVMA

Please share a link to your favorite or best mastery product so far AND THEN share a positive comment on somebody else's.

You could comment on something you learned from somebody else's product.

You could comment on how and why you liked the way they presented the information. 

You could comment on how they described, explained, and gave an example.

Remember to take your notes collaboratively outside of class so in class you can connect the information to the news and the other chapters this week.  Thanks.