Freshman Orientation
Subtitle: House Style and Home Style
Publisher: CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Published: December 22, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781933116655
Subjects: Government - Legislative Branch; Government - U.S. Government; Political Process - General; Political; Biography & Autobiography; Politics / Current Events; Congress; Elections, 2004; House; Officials and employees; Transition periods; United States; Biography/Autobiography
Description: Upon their arrival in Washington D.C., every member of the 2freshman class3 received a tote bag sporting a picture of the capitol building that contained a three-hundred-plus page document called the 2004 House Manual: New Member Orientation, 109th Congress. This mind-numbing guide details the kinds of expenditures members can and cant be reimbursed for, the kinds of mailings that can and cant be paid for with taxpayer money, the use of various types of office equipment, a section on house rules, and even some rules for ethics. Mr. Schwarz goes to Washington. Enjoy orientation! In this brief, engaging case study, Edward I. Sidlow tells the story of what it takes to make the challenging transition from candidate to newly minted member of Congress.