=1. Is it desirable to restrict the present powers of the Senate in relation to treaties?= Reasons for giving the Senate special powers in relation to treaties. The meaning of “advice and consent”. Washington’s attitude and experience. The action of the Senate on important treaties during the past hundred years. The practical difficulty of obtaining a two-thirds majority. Confirmation as a barrier to secret diplomacy. =References=: RALSTON HAYDEN, _The Senate and Treaties_, pp. 169-195; H. C. LODGE, _The Senate of the United States_, pp. 1-31; EVERETT KIMBALL, _National Government of the United States_, pp. 549-551; 573; S. B. CRANDALL, _Treaties: Their Making and Enforcement_, pp. 67-92; _Congressional Record_, 1919-1922. =2. The personnel of Congress.= =References=: Types of men elected. Their occupations at home. Their legislative experience. Are there too many lawyers? Length of service. How the personnel might be improved. (Material for this study may be had in the _Congressional Directory_, and in the various autobiographical works such as JAMES G. BLAINE’S _Twenty Years in Congress_; CHAMP CLARK’S _Autobiography_, etc.) =3. The merits and faults of the committee system.= =References=: JAMES BRYCE, _American Commonwealth_, Vol. I, pp. 156-166; S. W. MCCALL, _The Business of Congress_, pp. 43-60; L. G. MCCONACHIE, _Congressional Committees_, pp. 58-86; EVERETT KIMBALL, _National Government of the United States_, pp. 344-356; P. S. REINSCH, _Readings on American Federal Government_, pp. 257-264. Short Studies 1. =The old and the new method of choosing Senators.= GEORGE H. HAYNES, _The Election of Senators_, pp. 36-129. 2. =The procedure in impeachments.= W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 168-173. 3. =The Speaker of the House.= C. A. BEARD, _American Government and Politics_, pp. 280-289; M. P. FOLLETT, _The Speaker of the House of Representatives_, pp. 296-330. 4. =The rights of minorities.= F. A. CLEVELAND and JOSEPH SCHAFER, _Democracy in Reconstruction_, pp. 446-467. 5. =The general powers of Congress.= W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 208-218. 6. =How Congress legislates.= EVERETT KIMBALL, _National Government of the United States_, pp. 350-356; P. S. REINSCH, _Readings on American Federal Government_, pp. 290-296. 7. =An Englishman’s observation on the work of Congress.= JAMES BRYCE, _American Commonwealth_, Vol. I, pp. 191-208. 8. =The rules of the House and Senate.= EVERETT KIMBALL, _National Government of the United States_, pp. 333-344. 9. =Obstruction in Congress.= S. W. MCCALL, _The Business of Congress_, pp. 85-92. 10. =Party organizations in Congress.= W. W. WILLOUGHBY and LINDSAY ROGERS, _Introduction to the Problem of Government_, pp. 334-351. 11. =The lobby.= P. S. REINSCH, _American Legislatures and Legislative Methods_, pp. 228-298. 12. =The Library of Congress.= F. J. HASKIN, _American Government_, pp. 287-288.