num_pages: 320
description: The Dance of Legislation has long been considered a classic description of the legislative process. In it, Eric Redman draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson's staff to trace the drafting and passing of a piece of legislation ― S.4106, the National Health Service Bill ― with all the maneuvers, plots, counterplots, frustrations, triumphs, and sheer work and dedication involved. He provides a vivid picture of the bureaucratic infighting, political prerogatives, and Congressional courtesies necessary to make something happen on Capitol Hill. In a Postscript to the 2000 edition, Redman reflects on how that process has, and has not, changed in the thirty years since the book was first published.
language: English
title: The Dance of Legislation: An Insider's Account of the Workings of the United States Senate
titlecomplete: The Dance of Legislation: An Insider's Account of the Workings of the United States Senate
genres: Politics, Academic, Education, Nonfiction, Government, Memoir
ratings_count: 209
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: University of Washington Press