Greasing the wheels : using pork barrel projects to build majority coalitions in Congress /

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Pork barrel projects would surely rank near the top of most observers' lists of Congress's most widely despised products. Yet, political leaders in Congress and the President often trade pork for votes to pass legislation that serves broad national purposes, giving members of Congress pork...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Diana, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
United States. > Congress > Voting.
United States. > Congress > Appropriations and expenditures.
Etats-Unis. > Congress > Credits budgetaires et depenses.
Etats-Unis. > Congress > Vote.
United States. > Congress
USA > Congress
Coalitions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Coalitions
Expenditures, Public
Politics and government
Voting registers
Koalitionsbildung
Wahlsystem
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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