Description |
x, 364 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 361-364. |
Contents |
1. Hard questions: Non-rule in America / David T. Bazelon -- Has Congress a future? / Walter Dean Burnham -- Case for Congress / James A. Burnham -- 2. Congress and the grand old parties: Loss of role / Douglass Cater -- Structure of coalition politics / James MacGregor Burns -- Democratic Party leadership in the Senate / Ralph K. Huitt -- 3. Rules of the game: Fabian arts of the floor / Robert Bendiner -- Influence of the House Rules Committee on legislation in the 87th Congress / Walter Kravitz -- In defense of the House Rules Committee / Howard W. Smith -- Proposed reforms: party responsibility versus legislative independence / James A. Robinson -- Filibuster debate: Barrier against steamrollers / Lindsay Rogers ; "The public business must go forward!" / Jacob K. Javits -- 4.Congress and the grand old men: Seniority system in Congress / George Goodwin, Jr. -- Committee assignments in the House of Representatives / Nicholas A. Masters -- Kernel of the power / William S. White -- 5. Congress: environment or heredity?: House Appropriations Committee as a political system: the problem of integration / Richard F. Fenno, Jr. -- Congressional investigations: the legislator and his environment / Edward A. Shils -- An "ombudsman" for America / Henry S. Reuss -- 6. Wheels and deals: Senators and lobbyists / Donald R. Matthews -- Money: the problem of being returned / Charles L. Clapp -- Coda: Making Congress work / Joseph S. Clark. |
Subject |
United States. Congress -- Reform.
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United States. Congress. |
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