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Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government #8

Welcome to school without the classroom! Host Craig Benzine takes you through a tour of US government and politics.

Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government #8

Season 1 Episode 8 | 8m 10s

This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority whips in both the Senate and the House.

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Foreign Policy: Crash Course Government and Politics #50

Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics with Foreign Policy

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Freedom of the Press: Crash Course Government #26

Finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press.

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