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
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.
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
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.
Indexes to Reports of Committees House of Representatives, from the 14th Congress, 1815 to the 49th Congress, 1887, Inclusive
Author: United States. Congress. House. Joint Committee on PrintingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Reed's Rules
Author: Thomas Brackett ReedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A Failure of Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane KatrinaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1946 (Record Group 233)
Author: National Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Government Printing and Binding Regulations
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on PrintingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Manual of Parliamentary Practice
Author: Thomas JeffersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description