Format:
Online-Ressource (294 p.)
ISBN:
9780872895546
Series Statement:
Student's Guides to U.S. Government, 2 v. 2
Content:
Who is running America-Congress or the President? The way Congress works: How does an idea become a law? Imagine how questions like these, in Student's Guide to Congress, will stimulate discussion among your students. The book covers topics such as
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Description based upon print version of record
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Half Title; Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Reader's Guide; About the Advisory Editor; Preface; Historical Milestones of the U.S. Congress, 1789-2008: A Timeline; Part Two: Congress A-Z; Abscam; African Americansin Congress; The Albany Planof Union; Amending the Constitution; Appropriations Bills; Army-McCarthy Hearings; Articles of Confederation; Asian Americans in Congress; Balanced Budget Amendment; Bicameralism; Bill of Rights; Bills, Private; Bipartisanship; Byrd, Robert C.; Calendars, House of Representatives; Calendars, Senate; Campaign Finance; Capitol
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Capitol, Architectof theCapitol Subways; Caucuses; Censure; Census; Checks and Balances; Citizenship and Naturalization; Civil Rights Act (1964); Civil Rights Issues and Lobbyists; Classes of Senators; Clay, Henry; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Clinton, William Jefferson; Cloakroom; Cloture; Commerce Clause; Committees; Conference Committees; Confirmation Power of the Senate; Congress and Commerce; Congress, Constitutional Origins of; Congressional Black Caucus; Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Congressional Immunity; Congressional Investigations; Congressional Office Buildings
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Congressional Pay and BenefitsCongressional Record; Congressional Research Service; Congressional Staff; Congressional Travel Allowances; Congressional Voting Methods; Connecticut Compromise; Constituents and Congress; Constitution of the United States; Constitutional Amendments Affecting the Presidency; Constitutional Convention; Contempt of Congress; Declaration of Independence; District of Columbia; Elections, House of Representatives; Elections, Senatorial; Electoral Collegeand Electors; Ethics, Congressional; Exclusion of Members of Congress; Expressed Powers; Federalism; Federalist, The
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FilibusterForeign Policy Powers; Franking; Gavel; Gibbons v. Ogden(1824); Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964); Hispanic Americansin Congress; House of Representatives; How a Bill Becomes Law; Impeachment Power; Impeachment Rules, Senate; Implied Powers; Impoundment; Interns, Congressional; Iran-Contra Hearings; Iraq War Resolution (2002); Joint Committees; Joint Session; Judicial Review; Legislative Reorganization Act (1946); Library of Congress; Limited Government; Line-Item Veto; Lobbying and Congress; Mace; Majority Leader; Midterm Elections; Minority Leader; Missouri Compromise; Money Bills
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New Jersey PlanNew States, Admission of; Nineteenth Amendment (1920); Non-Voting Members of Congress; Oath of Office, Congressional; Olmsted, Frederick Law; Pages, Congressional; Parliamentarian; Party Whips; Patronage; Political Parties and Congress; Popular Sovereignty; Pork-Barrel Spending; Power of the Purse; Power to Raise an Army; Power to Select the President; President and Congress; President Pro Tempore; Public Interest Groups; Randolph, Edmund; Rankin, Jeanette; Reapportionment; Redistricting; Regulation of Commerce; Reed, Thomas; Rules, Houseand Senate; Senate; Senatorial Courtesy
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Senators
Additional Edition:
9781604266900
Additional Edition:
9780872895546
Additional Edition:
Print version Student's Guide to Congress
Language:
English
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