Grand Inquest The Story Of Congressional Investigations
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Grand Inquest
Author | : Telford Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Governmental investigations |
ISBN | : |
"This book is an expansion of an address on the powers of legislative investigating committees presented in December, 1953, at a symposium at Notre Dame University ..."--T.p. verso.
Investigating the President
Author | : Douglas L. Kriner |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691171858 |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- CHAPTER 2: When Congress Investigates -- CHAPTER 3: Investigations and Public Opinion -- CHAPTER 4: The Direct Influence of Congressional Investigations on Policy Outcomes -- CHAPTER 5: The Indirect Influence of Congressional Investigations on Policy Outcomes -- CHAPTER 6: Investigations in the Age of Obama -- CHAPTER 7: Conclusion -- References -- Index
Grand Inquest
Author | : Telford Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Governmental investigations |
ISBN | : |
It Did Happen Here
Author | : Bud Schultz |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1990-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520910680 |
In this moving book, two skilled oral historians collect the words of Americans who have been victims of political repression in their own country. Disturbing and provocative, It Did Happen Here is must-reading for everyone who cares about protecting the rights and liberties upon which this country has been built.
Congressional Oversight
Author | : Martin O. James |
Publisher | : Nova Publishers |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781590333013 |
Throughout history congress has engaged in oversight of the executive branch -- the review, monitoring and supervision of the implementation of public policy. The first several Congresses inaugurated important oversight techniques as special investigations, reporting requirements, resolutions of inquiry, and use of the appropriations process to review executive activity. Contemporary developments, moreover, have increased the legislature's capacity and capabilities to check on and check the Executive. Public laws and congressional rules have measurably enhanced Congress's implied power under the Constitution to conduct oversight. Despite its lengthy heritage, oversight was not given explicit recognition in public law until enactment of the Legislative Reorganisation Act of 1946. That act required House and a Senate standing committees to exercise 'continuous watchfulness' over programs and agencies within their jurisdiction. Since the late 1960s Congress has shown increasing interest in oversight for several major reasons. These include the expansion in number and complexity of federal programs and agencies; increase in expenditures and personnel, including contract employees; rise (until recently) in the budget deficit; and the frequency divided government, with Congress and the White House controlled by different parties. Major partisan disagreements over priorities and processes also heighten conflict between the legislature and the executive. Oversight occurs in virtually any congressional activity and through a wide variety of channels, organisations, and structures. These range from formal committee hearings to informal Member contracts with executive officials, from staff studies to support agency reviews, and from casework conducted by Member offices to studies prepared by non-congressional entities, such as statutory commissions and offices of inspector general.
Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives
Author | : Lewis Deschler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Parliamentary practice |
ISBN | : |
Congress¿s Contempt Power
Author | : Morton Rosenberg |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1437938124 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Congress¿s contempt power is the means by which Congress responds to certain acts that in its view obstruct the legislative process. Contempt may be used either to coerce compliance, punish the contemnor, and/or to remove the obstruction. In the last seventy years the contempt power has been employed only in instances of refusals of witnesses to appear before committees, to respond to questions, or to produce documents. This report examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress¿s contempt power, and analyzes the procedures associated with each of the three different types of contempt proceedings. Illustrations.