The Performance of the Senate
Author | : Philippines. Congress (1987- ). Senate |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Legislation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Philippines. Congress (1987- ). Senate |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Legislation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John V. Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Philippines. Congress (1987- ). Senate |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Andrew J. Taylor |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0429981058 |
With record low approval ratings (the lowest poll results since 1974) Congress is a failing institution in the eyes of many Americans. Is public opinion correct in judging the inefficacy of the legislative branch, or is the public mistaken in these harsh criticisms? Congress: A Performance Appraisal teaches students about this critical institution of American democracy by examining how successful the body is in carrying out its key functions, particularly representation, lawmaking, and checking the other branches of government. Rather than focusing on the institutional and procedural questions of how Congress is set up, what rules guide its actions, and how its members carry out their daily duties, Andrew J. Taylor asks: do these structures, procedures, behaviors, and outcomes serve the American people as they were meant to? Using a set of aspirations, a good legislature should strive for and benchmarks to rate how close it comes to those aspirations, Taylor offers a unique approach to the discussion of Congress, its actions, and its efficacy as a legislature. Sure to prompt provocative classroom discussions, Congress is the perfect text for courses on American government and politics.
Author | : Adam Jentleson |
Publisher | : Liveright Publishing |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2021-01-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1631497782 |
With a new epilogue on filibuster battles under the Biden administration THE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTER "A truly excellent book… blistering and persuasive.” —Ezra Klein, New York Times An insider’s account of how politicians representing a radical white minority of Americans have used “the world’s greatest deliberative body” to hijack our democracy. Our democracy is under assault from homegrown authoritarians, with most observers blaming Donald Trump and the Republican Party that submitted to him. Yet as Adam Jentleson shows, the problem not only goes back to the nineteenth century, but is less about the presidency than it is about our nation’s most venerated institution: the United States Senate. A revelatory history of minority rule in America as expressed through the Senate filibuster, Kill Switch shows that white conservatives have long relied on the filibuster—which is not featured in the Constitution, and which, as Jentleson demonstrates, the Framers would have opposed—to shut down attempts to create a multiracial democracy. Featuring a new epilogue on filibuster battles under the Biden administration, Kill Switch will remain an essential warning about the costs of empowering this nation’s right-wing minority. • “Jentleson understands the inner workings of the institution, down to the most granular details, showing precisely how arcane procedural rules can be leveraged to dramatic effect.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times • “Careful and thorough and exacting.” —Michael Tomasky, New York Review of Books • “[An] excellent, surprising new book.” —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Canal Zone |
ISBN | : |
Considers legislation to establish the Panama Canal Co. and Canal Zone Government to oversee Panama Canal.
Author | : Thomas E. Mann |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195368711 |
Two nationally renowned congressional scholars review the evolution of Congress from the early days of the republic to 2006, arguing that extreme partisanship and a disregard for institutional procedures are responsible for the institution's current state of dysfunction.
Author | : Norman J. Ornstein |
Publisher | : CQ-Roll Call Group Books |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1991-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |