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
Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means During the 109th Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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 the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means During the 108th Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Calendars of the United States House of Representatives and History of Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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
Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means During the ... Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities, January 2, 2009, 110-2 House Report 110-934
Author: United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 15066, House Reports Nos. 733-739
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Author: Craig Schultz