The American Congress Reader (The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set)

Half title page Title page Copyright page Contents PART I. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS: MODERN TRENDS 1 What Is Wrong with the American Political System? 2 A Reassessment of Who's to Blame: A Positive Case for the Public Evaluation of Congress 3 Between the Campaigns: Public Approval and Disapproval of Government PART II. REPRESENTATION AND LAWMAKING IN CONGRESS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT 4 U.S. Constitution, Articles I, II, III, and Amendments 5 The Federalist, Nos. 10 and 51 6 U.S. House Members in Their Constituencies: An Exploration 7 Collective vs. Dyadic Representation in Congress PART III. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS AND POLICY ALIGNMENTS 8 Elbridge Gerry's Salamander: The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution – Excerpts 9 Strategic Politicians and the Dynamics of U.S. House Elections, 1946–1986 10 Congress: The Electoral Connection PART IV. MEMBERS, GOALS, RESOURCES, AND STRATEGIES 11 Senate Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics 12 Risk-Bearing and Progressive Ambition: The Case of Members of the United States House of Representatives 13 Issue Politics in Congress – Excerpts PART V. PARTIES AND LEADERS 14 Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The House from Cannon to Rayburn 15 Setting the Agenda 16 Party Influence in Congress PART VI. THE STANDING COMMITTEES 17 Distributive and Partisan Issues in Agriculture Policy in the 104th House 18 Principals, Goals, Dimensionality, and Congressional Committees 19 Nonlegislative Hearings and Policy Change in Congress PART VII. THE RULES OF THE LEGISLATIVE GAME 20 Sample of a Special Rule 21 Sample of a Unanimous Consent Agreement 22 On the Effects of Legislative Rules 23 The Partisan Basis of Procedural Choice: Allocating Parliamentary Rights in the House, 1789–1990 24 The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Institutions in Congress: Path Dependency in House and Senate Institutional Development PART VIII. THE FLOOR AND VOTING 25 Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress – Excerpt 26 Models of Legislative Voting 27 Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking PART IX. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT 28 Presidential Veto Messages 29 Presidential Signing Statement 30 Veto Bargaining: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power 31 The Dynamics of Legislative Gridlock, 1947–1996 32 The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive – Excerpt 33 Conscience of a Conservative PART X. CONGRESS AND THE COURTS 34 Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees: A Neoinstitutional Model 35 From Abe Fortas to Zoë Baird: Why Some Presidential Nominations Fail in the Senate PART XI. CONGRESS, LOBBYISTS, AND INTEREST GROUPS 36 Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees 37 “Legislative Lobbying” – Excerpt PART XII. CONGRESS AND BUDGET POLITICS 38 Appropriations in the Republican Era 39 Pet Projects’ Veil Is Only Partly Lifted: Lawmakers Find Other Paths to Special-Interest Funding PART XIII. FURTHER READINGS ON CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS 40 Introduction to the Spatial Theory of Legislating 41 The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power 42 The Return to Equilibrium: Controlling Legislative Agendas The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and newly updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congresss inner mechanics, the Reader compiles the best relevant scholarship on party and committee systems, leadership, voting, and floor activity to broaden and illuminate the key features of the text.