Broschiertes Buch

Party and Procedure in the United States Congress

Beschreibung

Understanding how Congressional political parties utilize floor procedure to advance a legislative agenda is fundamental to understanding how Congress operates. This book offers students and researchers an in-depth understanding of the procedural tools available to congressional leaders and committee chairs and how those tools are implemented in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and during negotiations between the chambers.

Autor

Jacob R. Straus is an analyst with the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress with a research specialization on Congress, lobbying and ethics, public policy and American political development. He is an adjunct professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Maryland Baltimore County's Shady Grove campus. Matthew E. Glassman is an analyst with the Congressional Research Service, where he focuses on congressional operations and administration, legislative branch appropriations, and congressional history. He teaches courses on the Congress and interest groups as an adjunct professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Produktdetails

• Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781442258730
• ISBN-10: 144225873X
• Artikelnr.: 44676594