Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 343 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2006 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0203900006
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0415921570
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0415921562
Content:
A fascinating case study of the legislative process and the author's experiences as a public interest lobbyist, Schrag tells how a coalition of human rights and refugee groups fought to preserve the rights of refugees and asylum seekers
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; From Plymouth Rock to Kennebunkport; Clinton's Turn; Mr. Smith, Already in Washington; Mark-up Hell; Someone Else's Problem; The Committee to Preserve Asylum; ~What's a Senator?~; The House; The Senate; The Conference; The President; The Regulations; The Deeper Levels of the Law; The Wave; Public Interest Advocacy in Congress; Epilogue; Glossary; Progress of the Immigration Bills through the 104th Congress; The Committee to Preserve Asylum's First Mailing to Senators; Senate Judiciary Committee, 104th Congress
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Talking Points for the Leahy AmendmentThe Leahy-DeWine ~Dear Colleague~ Letter; The Vote on the Leahy Amendment; Notes; About the Author; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415921565
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A Well-Founded Fear : The Congressional Battle to Save Political Asylum in America
Language:
English