Inside Congress

by Montgomery, Scott

• ISBN13: 9781568027173
• ISBN10: 1568027176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
The Modern Congress	1	(9)
A Congress of Newcomers	2	(5)
A demographic portrait of the 107the Congress	2	(5)
Julie R. Hirschfeld
Moderates and Mavericks	7	(3)
An exploration of the dynamics in a closely divided Congress
David Nather
Adriel Baterlheim
Congressional Elections	10	(23)
A Tied Election	11	(11)
A retrospective analysis of the 2000 election results, including a country-by-country breakdown of Bush and Gore votes
Gregory L. Giroux
The Lines of Battle	22	(3)
A preview of redistricting fight from the Capitol Hill perspective
Karen Forestel
Voting on Campaign Spending	25	(3)
An inside-the-House analysis previewing the vote on compaign fundraising that never happened
John Cochran
Ballot Questions	28	(5)
An examination of the election law changes sough in Congress as a result of the ballot disputes in the presidental election
John Cochran
Political Parties and Leaders	33	(16)
The Temptation to Rebel	34	(3)
Rebel moves by John McChain and Zell Miller in the 30-50 Senate
Andrew Taylor
A Tough Leader in a Delicate Position	37	(2)
A profile of House GOP Whip Tom Delay in the light of a closely divided Congress
Karen Forestel
The Party Without the President	39	(3)
The emerging legislative strategy of Democrats in the 107th Congress
Karen Forstel
The Senate Switch	42	(4)
The party-switch announcement of Senator Jeffords that flipped the Senate to the Democratic Party
Andrew Taylor
A Majority Leader's Real Debut	46	(3)
In his first test as majority leader, Daschel engineers a big win on a Democratic issue
Andrew Taylor
Congressional Committees	49	(16)
Seniority Is No Longer Enough	50	(4)
A look at the Steering Committee process that was used to choose charimen after the GOP imposed term limits on its committee leaders
Karen Forestel
A Tense Opening for the 107th	54	(5)
The impact of new chairmen and jurisdiction disputes on commitees
Karen Forestel
Alan K. Ota
Claiming Turf with a Gavel	59	(2)
The legislative dynamic between committee chairs and the White House
Adriel Betterheim
One Working Relationship	61	(4)
The relationship between senators Charles Grassley and Max Baucus on the Finance Committee and the was policy works its way through
Lori Nitschke
Rules and Procedures	65	(15)
Equality in the Senate	66	(3)
How the Democrats manewered to claim a power-sharing arrangement
Andrew Taylor
The Deal Is Easy, the Details Aren't	69	(2)
The practical realities of implementing the 50-50 accord
Andrew Taylor
Procedure and Consequence	71	(3)
The obscure Senate parliamentarian becomes a national story when then-Majority Leader Trent Lott firs him over rulings
Andrew Taylor
Another Senate Deal, Another Set of Details	74	(2)
Negotiations on reorganizing the Senate after Jeffords' switch
Andrew Taylor
The Vote That Never Happened	76	(4)
An Excellent example of how procedure can trump substance, this time in the House
John Cochran
Congress and the Making of Public Policy	80	(23)
Being Bold in the Chair	81	(6)
A profile of Representative Billy Tauzin and how he hopes to drive policy on many issues
Alan K. Ota
Privacy, the Internet and Congress	87	(6)
Congress' role in ever-changing issue such as electronic privacy
Adriel Bettelheim
Welfare Overhaul's Next Wave	93	(6)
The return of welfare reform to the congressional agenda
David Nather
Dealing After the Rhetoric	99	(4)
An overview of the issues and interests in the education debate
David Nather
Congress and the President	103	(19)
The Presidency Bush Inherits	104	(10)
A historical analysis of the ebb and flow of executive branch power in Washington
Adriel Battelheim
Political Capital, the Precious Commodity	114	(2)
A discussion of the ambiguous authority a president has over Congress
Daivd Nather
Fiscal Discipline in a Time of Plenty	116	(4)
The practical difficulty of maintaining fiscal austerity in a time of abundance tests the president's ability to control his party on the Hill
Daniel J. Parks
Andrew Taylor
The Veto Threat	120	(2)
A look at Bush's first overt use of a veto threat and the historical subtleties behind it
Andrew Taylor
Congress and the Courts	122	(11)
Nominating Judges: President vs. Senate	123	(5)
The Senate's advise and consent role has become another partisan tool
Elizabeth A. Palmer
An Easing of the Bitterness	128	(5)
Bush's first batch of nominees is greeted well, but old issues linger
Elizabeth A. Palmer
Congress and the Bureaucracy	133	(16)
Federal Regulations in a GOP Capital	134	(5)
Regulatory control in an all-GOP government
Rebecca Adams
Managing Agencies: Congress and the INS	139	(3)
Cjongress and the president prepare to tackle a tough agency
Elizabeth A. Palmer
When the Spending Is Mandatory	142	(3)
A look ar making budgets work with mandatory spending requirements
Mary Agens Carey
Restructuring the Military	145	(4)
Reorganizing the greatest bureaucracy of them all, the Pentagon
Pat Towell
Congress and Interest Groups	149
Strength in Numbers for Lobbying	150
Coalition lobbying, once popular among like-minded groups, returns
Lori Nitschke
The Trade Balance for Bush and Congress	155
Bush's view on trade must balance with domestic needs
Julie R. Hirschfield
A Case Study in Lobbying	159
Business groups move quickly to push back work place rules
Rebecca Adams
An Interest Group Wins	161
New workplace rules are set aside
Rebecca Adams