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
Congress Overwhelmed
Author: Timothy M. LaPiraPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022670257X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Congress today is falling short. Fewer bills, worse oversight, and more dysfunction. But why? In a new volume of essays, the contributors investigate an underappreciated reason Congress is struggling: it doesn’t have the internal capacity to do what our constitutional system requires of it. Leading scholars chronicle the institutional decline of Congress and the decades-long neglect of its own internal investments in the knowledge and expertise necessary to perform as a first-rate legislature. Today’s legislators and congressional committees have fewer—and less expert and experienced—staff than the executive branch or K Street. This leaves them at the mercy of lobbyists and the administrative bureaucracy. The essays in Congress Overwhelmed assess Congress’s declining capacity and explore ways to upgrade it. Some provide broad historical scope. Others evaluate the current decay and investigate how Congress manages despite the obstacles. Collectively, they undertake the most comprehensive, sophisticated appraisal of congressional capacity to date, and they offer a new analytical frame for thinking about—and improving—our underperforming first branch of government.
The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government WastePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312343576
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.
Rules Adopted by the Committees of Congress: 93d Congress, October 11, 1973
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Congressional OperationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
American Government 3e
Author: Glen KrutzPublisher:
ISBN: 9781738998470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.
Congress at War
Author: Fergus M. BordewichPublisher: Knopf
ISBN: 045149444X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War-placing a dynamic House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict.
Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-1992
Author: Norman J. OrnsteinPublisher: CQ-Roll Call Group Books
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Congress Reconsidered
Author: Lawrence C. DoddPublisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1506328806
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
For almost four decades, the editors of Congress Reconsidered, Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer have delivered the best contemporary work from leading congressional scholars in a form that is both analytical and accessible. The tradition continues in this Eleventh Edition as contributing authors focus on the many ways Congress has changed over time and examine the conditions that foster these developments. Some of the most noted names in congressional studies address topics from broad dynamics affecting the institution, elections and constituencies, parties and internal organization, inter-branch relations, and policymaking. This new edition also ends with a capstone chapter on the milestone 2016 elections. Simply put, this bestselling volume remains on the cutting edge of scholarship, identifying patterns of change in Congress and placing those patterns in context.
Oregon Blue Book
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Feb. 11, 1828-March 30, 1830
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description