Congress and Its Members

By Walter J Oleszek, Roger H Davidson, Frances E Lee, et al.

Book Overview

The Gold Standard for the Congress Course

Congress and Its Members is the gold standard for the Congress course. Over 13 editions, the book has offered comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Congress and the legislative process by looking at the tension between Congress as a lawmaking institution and as a collection of re-election-minded politicians. This fourteenth edition accounts for the 2012 elections and includes discussion of the agenda of the new Congress, White House-Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization, as well as covering changes to budgeting, campaign finance, lobbyists in legislative policymaking, public attitudes about Congress, reapportionment, rules, and procedural shifts. Always balancing great scholarship with currency, the book features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452239959
• ISBN13: 9781452239958
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"