Congress and its members /

Congress and its members / Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler.

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Main Authors: Davidson, Roger H. (Author), Oleszek, Walter J. (Author), Lee, Frances E. (Author), Schickler, Eric, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : CQ Press, an Imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., [2016]
Edition:15th edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress.
Legislators > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: In search of the two congresses
  • 1. The two congresses
  • 2. Evolution of the modern Congress
  • Part II: A congress of ambassadors
  • 3. Going for it : recruitment and candidacy
  • 4. Making it : the electoral game
  • 5. Being there : Hill styles and home styles
  • Part III: A deliberative assembly of one nation
  • 6. Leaders and parties in Congress
  • 7. Committees : workshops of Congress
  • 8. Congressional rules and procedures
  • 9. Decision making in Congress
  • Part IV: Policy making and change in the two Congresses
  • 10. Congress and the President
  • 11. Congress and the bureaucracy
  • 12. Congress and the courts
  • 13. Congress and organized interests
  • 14. Congress, budgets, and domestic policy making
  • 15. Congress and national security policies
  • Part V: Conclusion
  • 16. The two congresses and the American people.

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