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The congressional experience / David E. Price.
LIBRA E840.8.P65 A3 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, David Eugene.
- Series:
- Transforming American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Price, David Eugene.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Politics and government.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-.
- North Carolina.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- 2 Getting Elected 7
- The First Campaign 9
- Getting Reelected 16
- The Third Campaign 21
- 3 Defeat and Return 27
- The Revolution Hits Home 28
- Comeback 35
- 1998: Campaigning in Clinton's Shadow 40
- Campaign Reform 47
- 4 Getting Adjusted 53
- Setting Up Shop 56
- Family and Career 59
- 5 Finding a Niche 67
- Banking, Science, and Small Business 69
- Pursuing Appropriations 71
- Appropriations Regained 76
- Informal Groups and Caucuses 79
- 6 Policy Entrepreneurship 87
- The Home Equity Loan Consumer Protection Act 89
- Amending the Housing Bill 94
- Education and Training Initiatives 101
- Appropriations Initiatives 107
- The EPA Building Saga 114
- 7 Budget Politics 123
- From Reaganomics to "Read My Lips," 125
- Budget Summitry: 1990 130
- The 1993 Budget Battle 139
- The 1997 Agreement and Beyond 144
- 8 Party and President 159
- Parties and Elections 160
- Organizing the House 165
- The Party Network 171
- A Democratic President 178
- 9 Serving the District 191
- Keeping in Touch 191
- Casework and Grants 197
- Appropriations 200
- 10 Religion and Politics 205
- Religious Agendas 206
- The Two Realms 211
- 11 Ethics Beyond the Rule Book 221
- Ethics and Policy 224
- "Responsibility" in Context 228
- What Sort of Member Shall I Be? 230
- Legislative Structures and Legislative Ethics 236
- 12 Concluding Reflections 243
- Reform Agendas 246
- Governance, Trust, and Citizenship 255.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 081336812X
- OCLC:
- 43786498
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