How Congress works
Contributors: Congressional Quarterly, inc.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780872899551
Subjects: United States. -- Congress
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Party leadership in Congress. Congressional leadership structure. The House speaker. House leadership : a hierarchy of support. Leadership in the Senate : we know no masters? Party support structure in the Senate; title: The legislative process. Importance of rules. Developing legislation. House floor action : structured efficiency. Senate floor action : flexibility, informality. Final action : resolving differences; title: The committee system. Committees in transition. Evolution of the system : growth and reform. The committee structure. Committee assignments. Committee procedures. Jurisdictional conflicts. Oversight mandate; title: Congressional staff. Postwar waves of staff expansion. Evolution of the congressional staff. Committee and personal staff : what they do. The cost and pay of congressional staff. Congressional staff : ethics and legalities; title: How a bill becomes a law; title: Political party affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789-2009; title: Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1789-2007; title: House floor leaders, 1899-2007; title: Senate floor leaders, 1911-2007; title: Recorded votes in the House and Senate, 1947-2007; title: Attempted and successful cloture votes, 1919-2007; title: Congressional information on the internet.