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
index to reports of committees of the house of representatives
Author: reports of committees of the house of repersentatives
Author: reports of committees of the house of representatives
Author: How Our Laws are Made
Author: John V. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
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
reports of the comittees of the house of representatives for the first session of the forty-third congress
Author: index to reports of committees of the house of representatives for the second session of the forty-third congress.
Author: Reports of Committees
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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.