A title exploring how the contemporary Congress makes laws and how its rules and procedures shape domestic and foreign policy. Also covered are: the shift from the politics of deficit to the politics of surplus, innovations in Senate floor procedures and new trends in legislative oversight.
The definitive work on how congressional rules, procedures, and traditions affect the course and content of legislation, this seventh edition reflects both thorough updating and further refinement. In the House...
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director to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and senior counsel to Senator Carl Levin (D-MI). Alex Harman served as the Obama Administration White House Liaison of the Department of Homeland Security, chief counsel to Senator Mazie Hirono ...
"This comprehensive guide to Congress is ideal for anyone who wants to know how Congress really works, including federal executives, attorneys, lobbyists, media and public affairs staff, government affairs, policy and budget analysts, ...
52 A watershed moment in the development of the House of Representatives, the adoption of Reed's Rules in 1890, offers one of the clearest examples of partisan influence on institutional procedure. Prior to 1890, the minority party in ...
The Sixteenth Edition of this best-selling text considers the 2016 elections and discusses the agenda of the new Congress, White House–Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan ...
The new edition of this comprehensive, two-volume reference has been thoroughly revised and expanded by expert CQ Press writers—with years of experience covering Congress—to offer a complete institutional history of Congress along with ...
In this third edition of his classic book The Federal Budget, Allen Schick examines how surpluses projected during the final years of the Clinton presidency turned into oversized deficits under George W. Bush.
This is a discounted, shrink-wrapped package of 1-56802-935-7 (Congress and Its Members 10e, Davidson/Oleszek) with 1-56802-859-8 (Congress Reconsidered 8e, Dodd/Oppenheimer).
Anyone with an interest in the pillars of Senate procedure and practice will find a useful companion in this book