Preface | p. xi |
In Search of the Two Congresses | |
The Two Congresses | p. 3 |
The Dual Nature of Congress | p. 4 |
Divergent Views of Congress | p. 9 |
Evolution of the Modern Congress | p. 13 |
Antecedents of Congress | p. 13 |
Congress in the Constitution | p. 17 |
Institutional Evolution | p. 26 |
Evolution of the Legislator's Job | p. 33 |
Conclusion | p. 39 |
A Congress of Ambassadors | |
Going for It: Recruitment Roulette | p. 41 |
Formal Rules of the Game | p. 42 |
Districting in the House | p. 46 |
Becoming a Candidate | p. 58 |
Nominating Politics | p. 68 |
The Money Factor | p. 70 |
Conclusion | p. 83 |
Making It: The Electoral Game | p. 85 |
Campaign Strategies | p. 86 |
Campaign Resources | p. 88 |
Campaign Techniques | p. 96 |
The Parallel Campaigns | p. 100 |
Who Votes? | p. 101 |
How Voters Decide | p. 104 |
Election Outcomes | p. 116 |
After the Election Is Over | p. 121 |
Being There: Hill Styles and Home Styles | p. 123 |
Hill Styles | p. 124 |
Looking Homeward | p. 137 |
Office of the Member, Inc. | p. 145 |
Members and the Media | p. 151 |
Conclusion | p. 156 |
A Deliberative Assembly of One Nation | |
Leaders and Parties in Congress | p. 159 |
Leaders of the House | p. 160 |
Leaders of the Senate | p. 173 |
Selection of Leaders | p. 183 |
Leadership Activities | p. 184 |
Party Caucuses, Committees, and Informal Groups | p. 189 |
Party Continuity and Change | p. 192 |
Conclusion | p. 197 |
Committees: Workshops of Congress | p. 199 |
The Purposes of Committees | p. 200 |
Evolution of the Committee System | p. 202 |
Types of Committees | p. 203 |
The Assignment Process | p. 209 |
Committee Leadership | p. 217 |
Policy Making in Committee | p. 217 |
Committee Staff | p. 222 |
Committee Reform and Change | p. 224 |
Conclusion | p. 228 |
Congressional Rules and Procedures | p. 231 |
Introduction of Bills | p. 233 |
Referral of Bills | p. 236 |
Scheduling in the House | p. 238 |
House Floor Procedures | p. 246 |
Scheduling in the Senate | p. 250 |
Senate Floor Procedures | p. 253 |
Resolving House-Senate Differences | p. 257 |
Conclusion | p. 260 |
Decision Making in Congress | p. 263 |
The Power to Choose | p. 264 |
Types of Decisions | p. 265 |
Determinants of Voting | p. 273 |
Giving and Taking Cues | p. 282 |
Legislative Bargaining | p. 284 |
Conclusion | p. 289 |
Policy Making and Change in the Two Congresses | |
Congress and the President | p. 293 |
The President as Legislator | p. 294 |
Lobbying Congress | p. 308 |
Sources of Legislative-Executive Cooperation | p. 312 |
Sources of Legislative-Executive Conflict | p. 315 |
The Balance of Power | p. 317 |
Conclusion | p. 319 |
Congress, the Bureaucracy, and the Courts | p. 321 |
Congress Organizes the Executive Branch | p. 322 |
Congressional Control of the Bureaucracy | p. 335 |
Congress and the Courts | p. 342 |
Conclusion | p. 346 |
Congress and Organized Interests | p. 349 |
A Nation of Joiners | p. 349 |
Pressure Group Methods | p. 351 |
Groups and the Electoral Connection | p. 357 |
Groups and Legislative Politics | p. 361 |
Informal Groups of Members | p. 363 |
Regulation of Lobbying | p. 364 |
Conclusion | p. 368 |
Congress, Budgets, and Domestic Policy Making | p. 371 |
Definitions of Policy | p. 371 |
Stages of Policy Making | p. 372 |
Types of Domestic Policies | p. 375 |
Characteristics of Congressional Policy Making | p. 378 |
Congressional Budgeting | p. 380 |
The 1974 Budget Act | p. 386 |
The Dawn of the Surplus Era? | p. 389 |
Conclusion | p. 394 |
Congress and National Security Policies | p. 397 |
Constitutional Powers | p. 398 |
Who Speaks for Congress? | p. 399 |
Types of Foreign and National Security Policies | p. 401 |
Structural Policies | p. 402 |
Strategic Policies | p. 406 |
Crisis Policies: The War Powers | p. 414 |
Conclusion: Congress and Globalization | p. 418 |
Conclusion | |
The Two Congresses and the American People | p. 421 |
Congress-as-Politicians | p. 422 |
Congress-as-Institution | p. 426 |
Into the Third Century | p. 430 |
Reference Materials | p. 435 |
Party Control: Presidency, Senate, House, 1901-2001 | p. 436 |
The Partisan Landscape, 2000: Presidential Voting by Congressional District | p. 438 |
Internships: Getting Experience on Capitol Hill | p. 440 |
Notes | p. 442 |
Suggested Readings | p. 483 |
Index | p. 489 |
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