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Congress : the first branch--companion readings
Title
Congress : the first branch--companion readings / edited by Benjamin Ginsberg and Kathryn Wagner Hill.
ISBN
0300220634
9780300220636
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Physical Description
vii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
A reader to accompany Ginsberg and Wagner Hill's Congress: The First Branch.
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Congress Congress Congress Congress
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Electronic version: Ginsberg, Benjamin Congress : The First Branch--Companion Readings New Haven : Yale University Press,c2020
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 10, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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