Congress and its members. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler.
• Authors: Davidson, Roger H; Oleszek, Walter J; Lee, Frances E; Schickler, Eric, 1969-
• Contents: Part I: In Search of the Two Congresses; Chapter 1: The Two Congresses; The Dual Nature of Congress; The Two Congresses in Comparative Context; Divergent Views of Congress; Chapter 2: Evolution of the Modern Congress; Antecedents of Congress; Congress in the Constitution; Institutional Evolution; Evolution of the Legislator’s Job; Conclusion; Part II: A Congress of Ambassadors; Chapter 3: Going for It: Recruitment and Candidacy; Formal Rules of the Game; Districting in the House; Becoming a Candidate; Nominating Politics; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Making It: The Electoral Game; Campaign Strategies; Campaign Resources; Campaign Techniques; The Parallel Campaigns; Who Votes?; How Voters Decide; Election Outcomes; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Being There: Hill Styles and Home Styles; Hill Styles; Looking Homeward; Office of the Member Inc; Members and the Media; Conclusion; Part III: A Deliberative Assembly of One Nation; Chapter 6: Leaders and Parties in Congress; The Speaker of the House; Leaders of the Senate; Selection of Leaders; Leadership Activities; Party Caucuses, Committees, and Informal Groups; Party Continuity and Change; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Committees: Workshops of Congress; The Purposes of Committees; Evolution of the Committee System; Types of Committees; The Assignment Process; Committee Leadership; Policy Making in Committee; Committee Staff; Committee Reform and Change; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Congressional Rules and Procedures; Introduction of Bills; Referral of Bills; Scheduling in the House; House Floor Procedures; Scheduling in the Senate; Senate Floor Procedures; Resolving House-Senate Differences; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Decision Making in Congress; The Power to Choose; Types of Decisions; Determinants of Voting; Legislative Bargaining; Conclusion; Part IV: Policy Making and Change in the Two Congresses; Chapter 10: Congress and the President; The President as Legislator; The Veto Power; Sources of Legislative-Executive Cooperation; Sources of Legislative-Executive Conflict; The Balance of Power; Conclusion; Chapter 11: Congress and the Bureaucracy; Congress Organizes the Executive Branch; Congressional Control of the Bureaucracy; Conclusion; Chapter 12: Congress and the Courts; The Federal Courts; The Court as Referee and Umpire; Advice and Consent for Judicial Nominees; Conclusion; Chapter 13: Congress and Organized Interests; American Pluralism; Pressure Group Methods; Groups and the Electoral Connection; Groups, Lobbying, and Legislative Politics; Regulation of Lobbying; Conclusion; Chapter 14: Congress, Budgets, and Domestic Policy Making; Stages of Policy Making; Types of Domestic Policies; Characteristics of Congressional Policy Making; Congressional Budgeting; The 1974 Budget Act; Conclusion; Chapter 15: Congress and National Security Policies; Constitutional Powers; Who Speaks for Congress?; Types of Foreign and National Security Policies; Structural Policies; Strategic Policies; Crisis Policies: The War Powers; Conclusion; Part V: Conclusion; Chapter 16: The Two Congresses and the American People; Congress-as-Politicians; Congress-as-Institution; Twenty-First-Century Challenges;
• Edition: 15th Edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 328.73; Legislators -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483388892; 1483388891
• Related ISBNs: 9781483388885
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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