Congress: Politics & PracticeRandom House, 1964 - 143 pages |
Contents
The Place and the People | 3 |
Origins and Evolution of | 15 |
Organizing Congress | 85 |
Copyright | |
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activity administrative agencies amendments American Political Science appropriations areas behavior bicameral bill budget bureaucracy cloture committee assignments committee chairman committee hearings committee members committee's compromise conduct conference committee congressional policy-making Connecticut Compromise conservatism conservative considerable constituency debate Democrats discharge petition district effective election ernment establish executive exercise federal filibuster floor action functions governmental gress House Rules Committee Ibid important individual Congressmen influence interests issues lative legis legislative process Legislative Struggle Leland Olds liberal limited majority leader majority party McClellan Committee means measure ments minority mittee national government organizational organizing Congress party system passage policy decisions Political Science position presidential pressure groups problems procedures Process in Congress proposals public policy Repre representative Republican responsible role of Congress Rule 22 Senate Senate rules senatorial seniority system separation of powers serve Speaker standing committee tion tive Truman usually V. O. Key vote York