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An Introduction to the U.S. Congress.
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 memb...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.