Senate Manual 2008

Senate Manual 2008
Author: Senate (U S ) Committee on Rules and Adm
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 1384
Release: 2008-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780160818400

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price (Senate Document 110-1). Senate Manual, Containing the Standing Rules, Orders, Laws, and Resolutions Affecting the Business of the United States Senate, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Ordinance of 1787, and the Constitution of the United States. Prepared by Mathew McGowan under the direction of Howard Gantman, Staff Director. Also includes information about Senatorial and Presidential elections; chronological lists of Senators by State, Supreme Court justices and Cabinet officers; information about ratification of the Constitution; dates of admission of States into the Union; other information; and an index. 110th Congress, 2nd Session. This manual may serve as a handbook for freshman Senators, as well as American citizens considering an election campaign for the Senate. Other related products: Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law, and Spirituality can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-055-00255-9 Nineteen-Gun Salute: Case Studies of Operational, Strategic, and Diplomatic Naval Leadership During the 20th and Early 21st Centuries is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-046-00252-5 Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits & Biographical Sketches 2010 is avaialble here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00537-9 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01418-7

Senate Procedure and Practice

Senate Procedure and Practice
Author: Martin B. Gold
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442224193

Now in its third edition, Senate Procedure and Practice explains why and how the Senate has worked for more than 200 years. The book is filled with fascinating stories and insights that highlight why certain rules are in place, how they are practiced, and the ways in which those practices have changed throughout history as our federal government and the needs of our electorate have evolved. Anyone with an interest in the pillars of Senate procedure and practice will find a useful companion in this book

Beyond Ideology

Beyond Ideology
Author: Frances E. Lee
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0226470776

The congressional agenda, Frances Lee contends, includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic and Republican senators tend to fight with each other. What explains this discord? Beyond Ideology argues that many partisan battles are rooted in competition for power rather than disagreement over the rightful role of government. The first book to systematically distinguish Senate disputes centering on ideological questions from the large proportion of them that do not, this volume foregrounds the role of power struggle in partisan conflict. Presidential leadership, for example, inherently polarizes legislators who can influence public opinion of the president and his party by how they handle his agenda. Senators also exploit good government measures and floor debate to embarrass opponents and burnish their own party’s image—even when the issues involved are broadly supported or low-stakes. Moreover, Lee contends, the congressional agenda itself amplifies conflict by increasingly focusing on issues that reliably differentiate the parties. With the new president pledging to stem the tide of partisan polarization, Beyond Ideology provides a timely taxonomy of exactly what stands in his way.

The Senate Code of Official Conduct

The Senate Code of Official Conduct
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Ethics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1995
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture (Academic Edition)

The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture (Academic Edition)
Author: Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Publisher: Melville House
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2020-02-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1612198473

The study edition of book the Los Angeles Times called, "The most extensive review of U.S. intelligence-gathering tactics in generations." This is the complete Executive Summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into the CIA's interrogation and detention programs -- a.k.a., The Torture Report. Based on over six million pages of secret CIA documents, the report details a covert program of secret prisons, prisoner deaths, interrogation practices, and cooperation with other foreign and domestic agencies, as well as the CIA's efforts to hide the details of the program from the White House, the Department of Justice, the Congress, and the American people. Over five years in the making, it is presented here exactly as redacted and released by the United States government on December 9, 2014, with an introduction by Daniel J. Jones, who led the Senate investigation. This special edition includes: • Large, easy-to-read format. • Almost 3,000 notes formatted as footnotes, exactly as they appeared in the original report. This allows readers to see obscured or clarifying details as they read the main text. • An introduction by Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones who led the investigation and wrote the report for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a forward by the head of that committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein.