Author: David C. W. Parker
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Keywords: congressional, studies, campaigns, power, money
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2008-05-30
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 080613903X
ISBN-13: 9780806139036

Prevailing wisdom holds that the pivot of American political campaigns has shifted over the past century from the parties to the candidate. David C. W. Parker challenges this conventional notion, arguing that campaigns center on neither orientation but are, more simply, resource dependent. The Power of Money in Congressional Campaigns examines the historical development of party, interest-group, and candidate power in the American congressional election process. Parker takes a broad view of the electoral terrain, considering both primary and general elections, and discerns distinct patterns

Author: David Carleton
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: landmark, laws, congressional, guide, education, student
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2001-11-30
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0313313350
ISBN-13: 9780313313356

Have you considered the impact of some of the most important federal education laws--the G.I. Bill of Rights, college loan programs, funding of black colleges, school lunch programs, creation of Head Start, special education programs, bilingual education, and equal funding for girls’ athletics? This unique reference work provides an explanation and discussion of each landmark law followed by the actual text of key passages of the law. Eighteen landmark laws are covered, from the Land Ordinance of 1785, which set aside land in the western territories for the creation of schools, to Goals

Author: Paul F. Boller Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: anecdotes, congressional
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1992-10-29
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0195077067
ISBN-13: 9780195077063

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.S. Congress has always been much more than a good source of comedy. It has been home to brilliance as well as buffoonery, to integrity as well as corruption, to statesmanship as well as demagoguery. And in Congressional Anecdotes Paul F. Boller, Jr. captures it all with a sweeping, informative, and delightful look at the history of ou

Author: Martin O. James
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: oversight, congressional
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 2002-05
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1590333012
ISBN-13: 9781590333013

Throughout history congress has engaged in oversight of the executive branch -- the review, monitoring and supervision of the implementation of public policy. The first several Congresses inaugurated important oversight techniques as special investigations, reporting requirements, resolutions of inquiry, and use of the appropriations process to review executive activity. Contemporary developments, moreover, have increased the legislature’s capacity and capabilities to check on and check the Executive. Public laws and congressional rules have measurably enhanced Congress’s implied p

Author: DAVID PRICE
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: experience, congressional
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2000-08
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 081336812X
ISBN-13: 9780813368122

In this second edition of The Congressional Experience, which has been revised and updated to cover events that have occurred over the past six years, Congressman David Price proves he is uniquely qualified to guide us through the labyrinth of rules, roles, and representatives that is Congress, and to show us how the institution can and does solve some of the most pressing social problems on the national political agenda today. Price combines an engaging, enlightening narrative with photos, figures, maps, and tables to tell the story of his odyssey from the ivory tower of Duke University to th

Author: R. Douglas Arnold
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: action, congressional, logic
Number of Pages: 293
Published: 1992-07-29
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0300056591
ISBN-13: 9780300056594

Congress regularly enacts laws that benefit particular groups or localities while imposing costs on everyone else. Sometimes, however, Congress breaks free of such parochial concerns and enacts bills that serve the general public, not just special interest groups. In this book, the author offers a theory that explains not only why special interest frequently triumph but also why the general public sometimes wins. By showing how legislative leaders build coalitions for both types of programs, he illuminates recent legislative decisions in such areas as economic, tax, and energy policy. The auth

Author: Congress (U.S.)
Publisher: United States Congress
Keywords: september, record, congressional
Number of Pages: 1066
Published: 2010-10-28
List price: $197.00
ISBN-10: 0160867800
ISBN-13: 9780160867804