The Congress of the United States: A Student Companion

By Donald A. Ritchie

Book Overview

This informative and entertaining tour of Congress and its procedures, historical origins, and 200-year evolution of modern legislative practices is now fully updated, with fresh entries on senators Trent Lott and Tom Daschle, an updated Table of Congresses, Speakers of the House, Longest-serving Senators and Representatives, and much more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195150074
• ISBN13: 9780195150070
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.9" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher