Congress Makes a Law : The Story Behind the Employment Act of 1946 / Stephen Kemp Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Stephen Kemp, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1950]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Describes the narrative "Full Employment Bill" from its birth in January 1945 to President Truman's signing in February 1946 to illustrate the formulation of public policy in the legislature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. The Political and Economic Background

II. Economic Ideas and Political Brokers

III. A Bill Is Born

IV. The Staff in Room 15A

V. The Lib-Lab Lobby

VI. The Senate Approves

VII. Conservative Pressures

VIII. The House Disapproves

IX. Public Opinion

X. Personalities: Interpretations and Inferences

XI. Conference and Compromise

XII. Conclusion and Hypotheses

Appendix A: The Full Employment Bill as Originally Introduced

Appendix B: The 116 Co-Sponsors of H.R. 2202 in the House of Representatives

Appendix C: The 84 Nay Votes Cast against the Conference Bill (S.380) in the House of Representatives

Appendix D: Interviews

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231880176

0231880170

OCLC:

1100450658