Legislative Branch

Often the whipping boys of politicians and pundits, lobbyists are the recipients of lampooning stump portrayals and sensationalized news coverage. Little attention is given to how most lobbyists simply do their job or become effective at what they do...

In this greatly entertaining tale of of one of our most august institutions, Nelson Polsby argues that among other things, from the 50s to the 90s, Congress evolved. In short, Polsby argues that air conditioning altered the demography of the Southern...

For every issue that arises on the legislative agenda, each member of Congress must make two decisions: What position to take and how active to be. The first has been thoroughly studied. But little is understood about the second. In this landmark book, a...

This study assesses the importance of legislative councils as adjuncts of the state legislature, and delineates the conditions which have affected their operation and results over the past quarter century.Book InformationISBN 9780313234866Author William...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313242854Author Joseph S. ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

He is the former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Yet, some of his best friends are lobbyists. They don't lobby for the special interest; they lobby for arms control, civil rights, the environment, consumer safety, and justice. This is their...

Gross' aim was to develop a theoretical structure, a systematic method of thinking about legislation.Book InformationISBN 9780313202056Author Bertram M. GrossFormat HardbackPage Count 472Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313233852Author Janet Miller GrenzkeFormat HardbackPage Count 193Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In the waning moments of the 1973 session, Washington's state legislators voted salary increases for all elected officials. Charles H. Sheldon and Frank P. Weaver (who was one of the special judges) provide a unique insider's account of this important...

The Constitution clearly states that the president ""shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint"" individuals to positions in the executive and judicial branches; yet the process may sometimes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313204104Author Jerrold E. SchneiderFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814257210Author Sona Nadenichek GolderFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814251164Author Sunil AhujaFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams) 64g

With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easily be deemed unworthy of attention, if not downright irrelevant. This book tells us that would be a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578867984Author Robert HargroveFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313243004Author James Arthur RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313212239Author Gordon E. BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 70Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book is the first to compare the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. Placing legislative privilege in historical context, Josh Chafetz explores how and why legislators in Britain and...

This highly readable book makes a strong case that a Washington establishment does exist and that members of Congress are responsible for it. Fiorina's description of the self-serving interconnections that have developed between Congress, bureaucrats,...

Though the number of women elected to the U.S. state legislatures has grown substantially in the last forty years, researchers still struggle to connect women's presence in the legislature to public policy outcomes that affect women. One reason for this...

Parliaments and Government Formation explores the role of national legislatures in shaping government formation in parliamentary regimes. Under parliamentarism, the government comes from, and remains responsible to, the national parliament. Yet, although...

You can count on Congress to provide a good laugh. Take, for instance, the Senator who talked about the war in "Indigo China," or the Representative who asked why the Israelis and Arabs couldn't settle their differences "like good Christians." But the U...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432770044Author Paul a JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 86g

For more than a decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned a skeptical eye toward Congress. Distrustful of Congress's capacity to respect constitutional boundaries, the Court has recently overturned federal legislation at a historically unprecedented rate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937592585Author Larry PresslerFormat PaperbackImprint FortisPublisher FortisWeight(grams) 249g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815701118Author Michel L. BalinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

The rhetoric of the 2012 presidential campaign exposed the deeply rooted sources of political polarization in American. One side celebrated individualism and divided the public into "makers and takers;" the other preached "better together" as the path...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646791521Author Congressional Research ServicesFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Cosimo ReportsPublisher Cosimo ReportsWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732185517Author Jim RenacciFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint 30 Point PressPublisher 30 Point PressWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940773704Author Scott S BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint History Publishing Co LLCPublisher History Publishing Co LLCWeight(grams) 381g

What happens when a tradition-bound institution encounters an iconoclastic president intent on changing how the government operates? In Disruption?, Sean M. Theriault has gathered nineteen leading authors from a range of subfields to provide a compelling...

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The U.S. Congress can be traced to the founding and the debates in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, but to suggest that the Congress in the first decade of the 21st century is the same Congress that was created over 220 years ago would be wildly...

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