House Leadership, Party Caucuses and the Committee Structure
Author : Robert L. Peabody
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : Robert L. Peabody
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : Charles O. Jones
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Committees
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Page : pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
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Author : Forrest Maltzman
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472085811
The book discusses the role of congressional committees in the legislative process
Author : United States. Congress
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Page : 1414 pages
File Size : 11,86 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Law
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : Susan Webb Hammond
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2001-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801868177
The names are familiar from the nightly news—the Senate Centrist Coalition, the Coalition (Blue Dogs), the Black Caucus. But what exactly are these groups, and what role do they play in congressional decision making? In Congressional Caucuses in National Policy Making Susan Webb Hammond describes and explains the role, activities, and influence of the groups known on Capitol Hill as "caucuses." Defined as voluntary groups of members of Congress that share interests, but which stand outside the formal legislative and policy making structure, caucuses are prime players in influencing policy and setting the legislative agenda. Over the past five Congresses, Hammond counts the formation of more than 250 caucuses, varying widely in size and membership. They can be organized into six categories: party affiliation, personal interest, national constituency, regional issues, state interests, and district industrial interests. Within the caucuses, members share information, coordinate legislative plans, seek ways to influence colleagues, and even strategize on agenda setting. While the caucuses can contribute to greater coordination, efficiency, and even effective policy planning, Hammond finds that they also tend to fragment the congressional system, because they serve as alternative sources of information, communication, and voting coalitions outside the formal structure of Congress. In fact, caucuses have survived recent attempts at elimination by doing away with legislative service organizations.
Author : Woodrow Wilson
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Page : 374 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Executive power
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Author : John V. Sullivan
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Government publications
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Author : Craig Volden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521761522
This book explores why some members of Congress are more effective than others at navigating the legislative process and what this means for how Congress is organized and what policies it produces. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman develop a new metric of individual legislator effectiveness (the Legislative Effectiveness Score) that will be of interest to scholars, voters, and politicians alike. They use these scores to study party influence in Congress, the successes or failures of women and African Americans in Congress, policy gridlock, and the specific strategies that lawmakers employ to advance their agendas.
Author : Scott Meinke
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 047203734X
In recent Congresses, roughly half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives served in whip organizations and on party committees. According to Scott R. Meinke, rising electoral competition and polarization over the past 40 years have altered the nature of party participation. In the 1970s and 1980s, the participation of a wide range of members was crucial to building consensus. Since then, organizations responsible for coordination in the party have become dominated by those who follow the party line. At the same time, key leaders in the House use participatory organizations less as forums for internal deliberations over policy and strategy than as channels for exchanging information with supporters outside Congress, and broadcasting sharply partisan campaign messages to the public.