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
Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities During the 109th Congress, August 3, 2007, 110-1 Senate Report 110-145
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Committee focused on a host of concerns, including small business access to affordable health insurance, manufacturing, targeted regulatory reform, the impact and recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, access to capital, and oversight, and the reauthorization of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
(109-102) Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities, December 29, 2006, 109-2 House Report No. 109-738
Author: Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities During the ...
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
How Our Laws are Made
Author: John V. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities During the 111th Congress, March 28, 2011, 112-1 Senate Report 112-6
Author: Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and InfrastructurePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative oversight
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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.
REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE..., JANUARY 2, 2007, 109-2 HOUSE REPORT 109-741
Author: Congressional Oversight
Author: Walter J. OleszekPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143793059X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. A fundamental objective of congressional oversight (CO) is to hold exec. officials accountable for the implementation of delegated authority. This objective is especially important given the huge expansion of executive influence in the modern era. Clearly, given the role and scope of the fed. establishment, the importance of Congress¿s review function looms large in checking and monitoring the delegated authority that it grants to fed. departments and agencies. This report: (1) highlights several reasons for the expansion of the fed. gov¿t.; (2) discusses a few definitions of CO; (3) spotlights 3 purposes of oversight; (4) comments upon CO laws and rules; (5) reviews CO techniques; and (6) identifies incentives and disincentives to CO. Illus.