Working Congress : A Guide for Senators, Representatives, and Citizens /

In 1964, as the polarizing Civil Rights Act made its way through the House and Senate, and Congress navigated one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, a Harris Poll put the institution's approval rating at 60 percent. Why then, fifty years later, has the public's approval of Co...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Mann, Robert, 1958- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Congress.
Right and left (Political science)
Political parties.
Political culture.
Partisanship.
Courtesy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
Courtesy > United States.
Political parties > United States.
Political culture > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In 1964, as the polarizing Civil Rights Act made its way through the House and Senate, and Congress navigated one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, a Harris Poll put the institution's approval rating at 60 percent. Why then, fifty years later, has the public's approval of Congress eroded to an all-time low of 10 percent? Working Congress: A Guide for Senators, Representatives, and Citizens seeks to isolate the reasons for Congress's staggering decline in public opinion, and to propose remedies to reverse the grave dysfunction in America's most important political institution. Aid.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (128 pages).
ISBN:9780807157381

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