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Author | : United States. Congress |
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Total Pages | : 1380 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Law |
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Download Congressional Record Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author | : Richard Fenno |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2016-01-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317349210 |
Download Congressional Travels Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A follow up book to his classic Home Style: House Members in their Districts, this new book by the preeminent legislative studies scholar, Dick Fenno, is intended for use in courses on Congress, political campaigning, and American government. Written in Fenno’s “homespun” story-telling style, this book argues that authenticity — knowing what a representative is like in his/her district and looking beyond mere roll call voting — contributes significantly to understanding the full body of work done by our members of Congress. It further posits, by recounting Fenno’s actual life’s work, that the best way to gain a sense of authenticity is to do what Fenno is most famous for — i.e., making multiple trips and spending a great deal of time observing representatives at home, with their constituents, in their districts. The book is an engaging, quietly provocative, and unique title that offers an alternative to what some consider the increasingly specialized and technical nature of political science
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Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Download United States Congressional Serial Set Catalog Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Download United States Congressional Serial Set Catalog Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Congress |
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Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Law |
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Download Register of Debates in Congress Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Citizens Against Government Waste |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005-04-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780312343576 |
Download The Pig Book Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.
Author | : Louis Fisher |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780890969519 |
Download Congressional Abdication on War and Spending Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"For thirty years Fisher has observed, informed, and even influenced Congress from his position in the Congressional Research Service. As a scholar, he has studied and published several important books on the separation of powers. Now, for the first time, he not only summarizes the well-informed observations of a distinguished career but also analyzes the reasons for this congressional failure of will and advocates practical ways to redress the balance.".
Author | : E. Scott Adler |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2002-06-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0226007561 |
Download Why Congressional Reforms Fail Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For decades, advocates of congressional reforms have repeatedly attempted to clean up the House committee system, which has been called inefficient, outmoded, unaccountable, and even corrupt. Yet these efforts result in little if any change, as members of Congress who are generally satisfied with existing institutions repeatedly obstruct what could fairly be called innocuous reforms. What lies behind the House's resistance to change? Challenging recent explanations of this phenomenon, Scott Adler contends that legislators resist rearranging committee powers and jurisdictions for the same reason they cling to the current House structure—the ambition for reelection. The system's structure works to the members' advantage, helping them obtain funding (and favor) in their districts. Using extensive evidence from three major reform periods—the 1940s, 1970s, and 1990s—Adler shows that the reelection motive is still the most important underlying factor in determining the outcome of committee reforms, and he explains why committee reform in the House has never succeeded and probably never will.
Author | : Holly A. Mayer |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2021-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806169923 |
Download Congress's Own Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Colonel Moses Hazen’s 2nd Canadian Regiment was one of the first “national” regiments in the American army. Created by the Continental Congress, it drew members from Canada, eleven states, and foreign forces. “Congress’s Own” was among the most culturally, ethnically, and regionally diverse of the Continental Army’s regiments—a distinction that makes it an apt reflection of the union that was struggling to create a nation. The 2nd Canadian, like the larger army, represented and pushed the transition from a colonial, continental alliance to a national association. The problems the regiment raised and encountered underscored the complications of managing a confederation of states and troops. In this enterprising study of an intriguing and at times “infernal” regiment, Holly A. Mayer marshals personal and official accounts—from the letters and journals of Continentals and congressmen to the pension applications of veterans and their widows—to reveal what the personal passions, hardships, and accommodations of the 2nd Canadian can tell us about the greater military and civil dynamics of the American Revolution. Congress’s Own follows congressmen, commanders, and soldiers through the Revolutionary War as the regiment’s story shifts from tents and trenches to the halls of power and back. Interweaving insights from borderlands and community studies with military history, Mayer tracks key battles and traces debates that raged within the Revolution’s military and political borderlands wherein subjects became rebels, soldiers, and citizens. Her book offers fresh, vivid accounts of the Revolution that disclose how “Congress’s Own” regiment embodied the dreams, diversity, and divisions within and between the Continental Army, Congress, and the emergent union of states during the War for American Independence.
Author | : Timothy M. LaPira |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2020-12-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 022670257X |
Download Congress Overwhelmed Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Congress today is falling short. Fewer bills, worse oversight, and more dysfunction. But why? In a new volume of essays, the contributors investigate an underappreciated reason Congress is struggling: it doesn’t have the internal capacity to do what our constitutional system requires of it. Leading scholars chronicle the institutional decline of Congress and the decades-long neglect of its own internal investments in the knowledge and expertise necessary to perform as a first-rate legislature. Today’s legislators and congressional committees have fewer—and less expert and experienced—staff than the executive branch or K Street. This leaves them at the mercy of lobbyists and the administrative bureaucracy. The essays in Congress Overwhelmed assess Congress’s declining capacity and explore ways to upgrade it. Some provide broad historical scope. Others evaluate the current decay and investigate how Congress manages despite the obstacles. Collectively, they undertake the most comprehensive, sophisticated appraisal of congressional capacity to date, and they offer a new analytical frame for thinking about—and improving—our underperforming first branch of government.