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Congressional parties, institutional ambition, and the financing of majority control /
Close competition for majority party control of the U.S. House of Representatives has transformed the congressional parties from legislative coalitions into partisan fundraising machines. With the need for ever increasing sums of money to fuel the ongoing campaign for majority control, both Republic...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
c2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Parties, incumbents, and campaign finance in American politics
- Majority status and institutional power
- The growth of member giving
- Brother, can you spare a thousand? who gives to whom?
- Getting ahead by giving a lot: party goals and advancement in the House
- Leveraging funds to pay for the new party fundraising expectations
- Redistribution and the value of a house career
- Beyond legislating.