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Congress and its members

Title
Congress and its members / Roger H. Davidson, University of Maryland, Walter J. Oleszek, Congressional Research Service, Frances E. Lee, Princeton University, Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley.
Author
Davidson, Roger H.
Publication
  • Thousand Oaks, CA : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, [2020]
  • ©2020

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TextUse in library JFE 20-1418Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
  • Oleszek, Walter J.
  • Lee, Frances E.
  • Schickler, Eric, 1969-
Description
xxv, 474 pages, I27 : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • United States. Congress
  • Legislators > United States
  • Legislators
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages S1-S7) and index.
Contents
Part I. In search of the two Congresses -- 1. The two Congresses -- 2. Evolution of the modern Congress -- Part II. A Congress of ambassadors -- 3. Going for it : recruitment and candidacy -- 4. Making it : the electoral game -- 5. Being there : Hill styles and home styles -- Part III. A deliberative assembly of one nation -- 6. Leaders and parties in Congress -- 7. Committees : workshops of Congress -- 8. Congressional rules and procedures -- 9. Decision making in Congress -- Part IV. Policy making and change in the two Congresses -- 10. Congress and the President -- 11. Congress and the bureaucracy -- 12. Congress and the courts -- 13. Congress and organized interests -- 14. Congress, budgets, and domestic policy making -- 15. Congress and national security policies -- Part V. Conclusion -- 16. The two Congresses and the American people -- Appendix A: Party control : presidency, Senate, House, 1901-2021 -- Appendix B: Internships : getting experience on Capitol Hill.
Call Number
JFE 20-1418
ISBN
  • 154432295X
  • 9781544322957
OCLC
1080275094
Author
Davidson, Roger H., author.
Title
Congress and its members / Roger H. Davidson, University of Maryland, Walter J. Oleszek, Congressional Research Service, Frances E. Lee, Princeton University, Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley.
Publisher
Thousand Oaks, CA : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
17th edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages S1-S7) and index.
Added Author
Oleszek, Walter J., author.
Lee, Frances E., author.
Schickler, Eric, 1969- author.
Research Call Number
JFE 20-1418
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