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Congress and its members

Title
Congress and its members / Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek.
Author
Davidson, Roger H.
Publication
Washington, DC : CQ Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors
Oleszek, Walter J.
Description
xi, 490 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • United States. Congress
  • Legislators > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-463) and index.
Contents
1. The Two Congresses -- 2. Evolution of the Modern Congress -- 3. Going for It: Recruitment Roulette -- 4. Making It: The Electoral Game -- 5. Being There: Hill Styles and Home Styles -- 6. Leaders and Parties in Congress -- 7. Committees: Workshops of Congress -- 8. Congressional Rules and Procedures -- 9. Decision Making in Congress -- 10. Congress and the President -- 11. Congress, the Bureaucracy, and the Courts -- 12. Congress and Organized Interests -- 13. Congress, Budgets, and Domestic Policy Making -- 14. Congress and National Security Policies -- 15. The Two Congresses and the American People -- App. A. Party Control: Presidency, Senate, House, 1901-1999 -- App. B. Internships: Getting Experience on Capitol Hill.
ISBN
  • 1568023367 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 156802343X
LCCN
97027766
OCLC
  • 37331584
  • ocm37331584
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries