Congress from the Inside : Observations from the Majority and the Minority

by Brown, Sherrod

• ISBN13: 9780873387927
• ISBN10: 0873387929
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr

Summary

This third edition of Congress from the Inside is completely revised, updated, and expanded to include five new chapters. Now in his sixth term, Congressman Brown discusses the 2000 election, September 11, and redistricting. He also examines the influence on Congress of the drug companies, the public health agenda, and the war in Iraq. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
Part I
Election 1992: Getting There	3	(19)
In the District	22	(13)
In Committee	35	(11)
In the Chamber	46	(16)
The Budget	62	(9)
The North American Free Trade Agreement	71	(12)
The Great Health Care Debate	83	(9)
The Crime Bill	92	(8)
The Mail, the Phones, and Other Things	100	(10)
Election 1994	110	(19)
Part II
Intelligence and Surveillance	129	(4)
The Coup and the Revolution	133	(25)
Storming the Palace: The Government Shutdown	158	(19)
The Counteroffensive: M2E2	177	(11)
The Truce	188	(11)
The Campaign	199	(18)
The 105th Congress	217	(8)
Election 1998 and the 106th Congress	225	(24)
Part III
Florida 2000, Class Warfare, and a Missed Opportunity	249	(7)
September 11 and the 107th Congress	256	(16)
Redistricting	272	(10)
A Case Study of the Drug Industry and Its Political Power in the Halls of Congress	282	(13)
Tuberculosis: How an Issue Gets on the Public Agenda	295	(6)
War in Iraq	301	(9)
Postscript	310	(1)
Index	311