The United States Congress

✍ Scribed by Ross English

Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 188
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The role of Congress is essential to any study of American government and politics. This introductory text, aimed at undergraduate students, looks at the workings of the US Congress and uses the Republican period of ascendancy (1994-2000) as an example of how the Congress works in practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front matter
Dedication
Contents
List of tables and boxes
Preface
Origins and development of Congress
Congressional elections
Representatives and Senators
The committee system
Parties in Congress
Floor deliberations and beyond
President and Congress
Congress, the media and interest groups
Assessing the US Congress
Select bibliography
Index

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