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U. S. Congress: a Very Short Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0195338316

ISBN-13: 9780195338317

Edition: 2010

Authors: Donald A. Ritchie

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Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 7.00" wide x 4.30" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Preface
The Great Compromise
Why Not a Parliament?
All Laws Necessary and Proper
The People's House
The Cooling Senate
To Get Along, Go Along
Campaigns and Constituents
Campaigning for Congress
The Freshman Class
Serving Constituents
Media Relations and News Coverage
Congress at Work
The Committees
Turning Bills into Laws
House Committees
Senate Committees
Appropriations: Where Things Happen
Floor Proceedings and Coalition Building
Debate, Rules, and Procedure
Majority Rule in the House
Minority Muscle in the Senate
Making Laws and Making Sausage
Checks and Balances
The Chief Legislator
Advice and Consent
War and Peace
Congress Investigates
Punishment and Protection
Congress and the Courts
The Contours of Capitol Hill
The Capitol
The Members
The Staff
Lobbyists and Other Visitors
Bibliography
Notes
Index