Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Troubled Congress
- 2 Representation and Lawmaking in Congress
- 3 Congressional Elections and Policy Alignments
- 4 Members, Goals, Resources, and Strategies
- 5 Parties and Leaders
- 6 The Standing Committees
- 7 The Rules of the Legislative Game
- 8 The Floor and Voting
- 9 Congress and the President
- 10 Congress and the Courts
- 11 Congress, Lobbyists, and Interest Groups
- 12 Congress and Budget Politics
- Appendix Introduction to the Spatial Theory of Legislating
- Index
Acknowledgments
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PREFACE
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Troubled Congress
- 2 Representation and Lawmaking in Congress
- 3 Congressional Elections and Policy Alignments
- 4 Members, Goals, Resources, and Strategies
- 5 Parties and Leaders
- 6 The Standing Committees
- 7 The Rules of the Legislative Game
- 8 The Floor and Voting
- 9 Congress and the President
- 10 Congress and the Courts
- 11 Congress, Lobbyists, and Interest Groups
- 12 Congress and Budget Politics
- Appendix Introduction to the Spatial Theory of Legislating
- Index
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- The American Congress , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013