Congress : the first branch--companion readings /

A reader to accompany Ginsberg and Wagner Hill's Congress: The First Branch.

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Other Authors: Ginsberg, Benjamin (Editor), Wagner Hill, Kathryn (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One. Congress and its history. The Federalist No. 62: the Senate / Publius [James Madison]
  • Staggered terms for the Senate: origins and irony / Daniel Wirls
  • Part Two. Congress and representation: elections, parties, and lobbying. Super PACs in federal elections: overview and issues for Congress / R. Sam Garrett
  • Reforming the modern Congress / Donald R. Wolfensberger
  • Congress and earmarks, 2006-2018: a decade of reform / Richard Doyle
  • The business of America is lobbying / Lee Drutman
  • Part Three. Congress and the separation of powers. The legislative role of the president / Paul Weinstein Jr.
  • Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius / [Alexander Hamilton and James Madison]
  • Bureaucrats and their constituents: congressional monitoring in the modern era / John Ray
  • Appointment politics and the ideological composition of the judiciary / Edward H. Stiglitz
  • Part Four. Reflections on Congress. Reflections on my career in the House of Representatives / William Clinger
  • The future of Congress / Tom Manatos.