| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 250 pages) |
| Summary |
A reader to accompany Ginsberg and Wagner Hill's Congress: The First Branch. |
| Contents |
Part One. Congress and its history. The Federalist No. 62: the Senate / Publius [James Madison] -- Staggered terms for the Senate: origins and irony / Daniel Wirls -- Part Two. Congress and representation: elections, parties, and lobbying. Super PACs in federal elections: overview and issues for Congress / R. Sam Garrett -- Reforming the modern Congress / Donald R. Wolfensberger -- Congress and earmarks, 2006-2018: a decade of reform / Richard Doyle -- The business of America is lobbying / Lee Drutman -- Part Three. Congress and the separation of powers. The legislative role of the president / Paul Weinstein Jr. -- Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius / [Alexander Hamilton and James Madison] -- Bureaucrats and their constituents: congressional monitoring in the modern era / John Ray -- Appointment politics and the ideological composition of the judiciary / Edward H. Stiglitz -- Part Four. Reflections on Congress. Reflections on my career in the House of Representatives / William Clinger -- The future of Congress / Tom Manatos. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Congress -- History.
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United States. Congress |
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Legislation -- United States.
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Legislative power -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch. |
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Legislation |
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Legislative power |
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Politics and government |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Ginsberg, Benjamin, editor.
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Wagner Hill, Kathryn, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Congress. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 0300220634 (OCoLC)1121602302 |
| ISBN |
0300249624 (electronic book) |
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9780300249620 (electronic bk.) |
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