Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Legislative Index and Table of Sections Affected
Author: California. Legislative Counsel BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
How Our Laws are Made
Author: John V. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress
Author: Jonathan LewallenPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472132067
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The public, journalists, and legislators themselves have often lamented a decline in congressional lawmaking in recent years, often blaming party politics for the lack of legislative output. In Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress, Jonathan Lewallen examines the decline in lawmaking from a new, committee-centered perspective. Lewallen tests his theory against other explanations such as partisanship and an increased demand for oversight with multiple empirical tests and traces shifts in policy activity by policy area using the Policy Agendas Project coding scheme. He finds that because party leaders have more control over the legislative agenda, committees have spent more of their time conducting oversight instead. Partisanship alone does not explain this trend; changes in institutional rules and practices that empowered party leaders have created more uncertainty for committees and contributed to a shift in their policy activities. The shift toward oversight at the committee level combined with party leader control over the voting agenda means that many members of Congress are effectively cut out of many of the institution’s policy decisions. At a time when many, including Congress itself, are considering changes to modernize the institution and keep up with a stronger executive branch, the findings here suggest that strengthening Congress will require more than running different candidates or providing additional resources.
Senate Final History
Author: California. Legislature. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
Author: Paul MasonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781580249744
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Enactment of a Law
Author: Robert B. DovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Government Code
Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: California, 1849-1904
Author: Adelaide Rosalia HassePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Federal Depository Library Directory
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depository libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This is the official GPO directory information (names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc.) of all federal depository libraries. The electronic version is created from the PROFILE portion of the LPS PAMALA database. The results screens include links to each library's latest Item Lister item selection profile record, and, as applicable, a hotlinked email address and a Depository Web site URL. This database is updated on the first Friday of the month.