num_pages: 498
description: This best-selling text offers much-needed perspective and context to help students follow fast-changing events taking place on Capitol Hill. Davidson and Oleszek reveal the inherent tension between Congress as a lawmaking institution and Congress as a collection of re-election-minded politicians.Congress and Its Members has always won over students by combining a wealth of material about Congress and the latest scholarship with a lively, engaging, approach that never talks down to readers. Davidson and Oleszek thoughtfully employ colorful examples, quotations, photos, and graphics to enliven and underscore the general points being made in the text.
language: English
title: Congress and Its Members
titlecomplete: Congress and Its Members
genres: Reference, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction, School, Read For School, Textbooks, History, Government
ratings_count: 144
publisher: CQ Press