A timely and interactive text on the U.S. Congress which combines contemporary scholarship with up to date information. Congress uses an analogy with which we are familiar - games - to help students understand the workings of Congress.
This is a core text that can be used in any Congress course. Congress uses an analogy with which we are familiar - games - to help students understand the workings of Congress.
Congress: Games and Strategies
(Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2013), 57. 572 U.S. 185 (2014). 558 U.S. 310 (2010). Jacobson, Politics of Congressional Elections, 78. Ibid., 86. Mayhew, Congress, 40. Ibid., 116–19. Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Money Men (New York: Crown, ...
Haynes Johnson and David S. Broder , The System : The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point ( Boston : Little , Brown , 1996 ) , p . 509 . 9. Paul Gronke , Jeffrey Koch , and J. Matthew Wilson , " Follow the Leader ?
Congress: Process and Policy
At the beginning of the Trump administration, for example, congressional Democrats used confirmation hearings to attack several of Trump's nominees and, by extension, the new president's viewpoints and likely policies.
Shepsle, Kenneth A., and Barry R. Weingast (1994). "Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions." Legislative Studies Quarterly, 19:149-80. Silberman, Jonathon, and Gary Durden (1976). "Determining Legislative Preferences on the ...
In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book revolutionized the study of Congress and how it has stood the test of time. The book also contains a new preface by the author.
Sure to prompt provocative classroom discussions, Congress is the perfect text for courses on American government and politics.
The actions, processes, policies, and effectiveness of the Congress are critically examined in light of the ongoing political power struggle and the congressman's preoccupation with reelection. Bibliogs.
An innovative examination of Congress performance, using benchmarks and aspirations to assess whether or not it can be considered a successful legislative body"
... to the House (forty-eight if you include the delegate from the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton) and four to the Senate, Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Carol Moseley- Braun (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA).
Facilitator of State Action Joseph F. Zimmerman. 22. North American Free Trade Implementation Act of 1993, 107 Stat. 2057, 19 U.S.C. §3301. 23. Air Quality Act of 1967, 81 Stat. 465, 42 U.S.C. §1857. 24. Commercial Motor Vehicle Act of ...
Based more on the history of the branch than on its modern applications, this volume is essential for students utilizing the main text and studying Congress at large.
Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal have analyzed 16 million individual roll call votes spanning the two centuries since the two Houses of Congress began recording votes in 1789.
Features • Provides an overview of how Congress works from the view of someone who has studied it and someone who has experienced it firsthand • Considers the ways that our current era of extreme partisanship has affected how Congress ...
... Congress and the Constitution (2011) Political Dynamics of Constitutional Law (with neal Devins, 5th ed., 2011) On Appreciating Congress: The People's Branch (2010) The Supreme Court and Congress: Rival Interpretations (2009) The ...