Format:
Online-Ressource (246 p)
ISBN:
9780765615060
Content:
What does Congress do? How does it do it? Why is it such a complicated institution? This concise primer offers students and general readers a brief and systematic introduction to Congress and the role it plays in the US political system. Drawing on his experience as a former Congressional staff member, the author explores the different political natures of the House and Senate, examines Congress's interaction with other branches of the Federal government, and looks ahead to the domestic and foreign challenges that are likely to drive the Congressional agenda for decades to come. The book provi
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Congress and Public Policymaking; Public Policymaking in Washington; Policy Types; Policy Patterns; How to Read This Book; 2. Origins and Evolution of the Congressional System; Civil War and Revolution: Britain and Tyranny; Revolution in America: A Cromwell Flashback; The Constitutional Settlement; Evolution of Government Since the Constitution; Summary; I. Competing Roles: Lawmaker and Representative; 3. Speaking for the People: The Majoritarian House
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The Logic of the House: Representation Over LegislationOrganizing the House; Members of the House; Parties and Leaders in the House; Committees; Majority Rule in the House; House Leadership and Legislation; Committee Action; Floor Action in the House; The Founders and the House Today; Summary; 4. Representing the States: The Individualistic Senate; Legislation and Representation; Serving in the Senate; Senate Committees; Parties and the Senate; A Senate Full of Leaders?; The Floor of the Senate: Where the Action Is; ""Advice and Consent"": The Senate's Special Powers
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The Senate and the FramersSummary; II. Enforcing Policy Decisions; 5. The Oversight Power; What Is Oversight?; Who Oversees Whom?; Committee Oversight; Congressional Agency Oversight; Beyond Regular Oversight; Assessing Congressional Oversight; Summary; 6. The Power of the Purse; Congress and the Federal Budget; The Development of the Budget Process; The Budget and Appropriations Process Today; Running, or Ruining, the Calendar?; Congress's Money Committees; The Tax Committees; The Committees on the Budget; The Committees on Appropriations; Assessing Congress's Power of the Purse; Summary
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7. The Organizing PowerOrganization as Policy; Development of the Executive Branch; Organization and Reorganization Since the Progressives; Congress and the Challenge of Reorganization; Reorganization Within Jurisdictions; Major Reorganizations; Assessing Congress and the Organizing Power; Summary; III. Congress and Emerging Challenges; 8. Using the Three Powers: Creating DHS; The Challenge: Coordination, Intelligence, and Response; Interagency Coordination; Intelligence Demands in a New World; Responding to New Challenges; A New Department for Homeland Security?
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Time Line: October 2001 to November 2002The Department Takes Shape; Assessment: The Three Powers Are Tricky!; 1947: Creating the Defense Department; Summary; 9. Conclusions; The Framers and Change; Congress Today and into the Future; Two Centuries of Success; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781317476696
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780765615060
Additional Edition:
Print version An Introduction to the U.S. Congress
Language:
English
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