Party and procedure in the United States Congress
By: [edited by] Jacob M. Straus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781442211728; 9781442211735; 9781442211742
Subjects: United States; United States. Congress; Legislation; Rules and practice
Table of contents: title: Navigating Congress / by Jacob R. Straus; title: Congressional leadership / by Matthew Glassman; title: Toppling the king of the Hill: understanding innovation in House practice / by James V. Saturno; title: The appropriations process and limitation amendments: a case study on party politics and the House floor / by Jessica Tollestrup; title: Minority party strategies and the evolution of the motion to recommit in the U.S. House / by Jennifer Hayes Clark; title: Let's vote: the rise and impact of roll call votes in the age of electronic voting / by Jacob R. Straus; title: The caucus process as a catalyst for democracy / by Major R. Owens; title: The death of deliberation: party and procedure in the modern Unites States Senate / by James Wallner; title: Beyond motions to table: exploring the procedural toolkit of the majority party in the United States Senate / by Aaron S. King, Francis J. Orlando, and David W. Rohde; title: Defense authorization: the Senate's last best hope / by Colleen J. Shogan; title: Filibustering and partisanship in the modern Senate / by Gregory Koger; title: Ping pong and other Congressional pursuits: party leaders and post-passage procedural choice / by Barbara Sinclair; title: Legislative sausage-making: health care reform in the 111th Congress / by Mark J. Oleszek and Walter J. Oleszek.