A final project could involve writing a report or a letter to a congressman.
The governor, a former congressman, stopped short of announcing his formal his entry into the presidential race on the show – as he did in 1999, before an extremely short-lived first run for the White House.
He's a movie star, a basketball player, a congressman and a singer (who somehow finds the time to direct his own music videos).
The build-up to the convention has been overshadowed by the highly controversial "legitimate rape" remarks made by Todd Atkin, a congressman from Missouri, and his subsequent refusal to quit his bid for re-election despite pressure from the party's leadership.
And in Colorado the fiercely anti-immigration conservative and former presidential candidate Ted Tancredo was comfortably overcome by a more moderate former congressman, Bob Beauprez, in the primary to choose the Republican candidate for the state's governor.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.43am ET15 43 Hensarling asks a rather condescending question: "Are you a sensible central banker, and if not, when will you become one?" Yellen does not seem bothered: "Mr. congressman, I believe that I am one.
Washington's first Muslim congressman has publicly rebuked the Obama administration's terrorism strategy during a White House summit on countering violent extremism, warning that recent moves to prevent money transfers to Somalia risked radicalising its large expatriate community in the US.
"My impression is that she will not run," said Drew Ivers, the chairman of former congressman Ron Paul's 2012 Iowa campaign.
Joe Scarborough, the morning TV host and former Republican congressman, lamented the situation as "a tragedy".
The speakers were gathered for the Freedom Summit, a nine-hour event convened by Steve King, a rightwing Iowa congressman and radio host.
Abedin, the wife of former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, has been an aide to Clinton for more than 15 years, and currently serves as the state secretary's deputy chief of staff.
