Through a comprehensive exploration of who committees hear from and how they listen, this book demonstrates that Congress is not as dysfunctional as is often claimed.
New to the Fifth Edition: Up-to-date legislative and judicial developments regarding the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Affordable Care Act, the budget process, and other landmark congressional statutes In-depth analyses of the two ...
This book is a narrative of the twenty months that the author spent as a staff consultant to the California Legislature. During this time he was concerned with the passage...
Why are unanimous consent agreements needed in the Senate? The authors of Inside Congress, all congressional veterans, have written the definitive guide to how Congress really works.
Do you ever wonder what goes on in the Capitol? How does a bill become law? How do our elected officials, many of whom are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, work together for the best interests of the public?
Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
“ There was no substantive discussion of whether to build those carriers , " says Stanley Heginbotham , now Vice President of the Social Science Research Council but at the time chief foreign policy specialist at the Congressional ...
director to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and senior counsel to Senator Carl Levin (D-MI). Alex Harman served as the Obama Administration White House Liaison of the Department of Homeland Security, chief counsel to Senator Mazie Hirono ...
This book, the first of its kind, explores in depth the California Legislature's powers and authority, as well as the state legislative process, by reviewing the relevant state constitutional and statutory provisions and key appellate court ...