How Congress works.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Congressional Quarterly, inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2008]

Contents:

Party leadership in Congress. Congressional leadership structure. The House speaker. House leadership : a hierarchy of support. Leadership in the Senate : we know no masters? Party support structure in the Senate

The legislative process. Importance of rules. Developing legislation. House floor action : structured efficiency. Senate floor action : flexibility, informality. Final action : resolving differences

The committee system. Committees in transition. Evolution of the system : growth and reform. The committee structure. Committee assignments. Committee procedures. Jurisdictional conflicts. Oversight mandate

Congressional staff. Postwar waves of staff expansion. Evolution of the congressional staff. Committee and personal staff : what they do. The cost and pay of congressional staff. Congressional staff : ethics and legalities

How a bill becomes a law

Political party affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789-2009

Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1789-2007

House floor leaders, 1899-2007

Senate floor leaders, 1911-2007

Recorded votes in the House and Senate, 1947-2007

Attempted and successful cloture votes, 1919-2007

Congressional information on the internet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780872899551

0872899551

OCLC:

212908772