Contributor
Carson, Jamie L.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2012.
Descriptionxv, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Studying Congress historically / Jeffery A. Jenkins -- Recruitment and candidacy: ambition, strategy, and the choice to run for Congress / Cherie Maestas and Melissa Stewart -- Congressional elections: electoral structure and political representation / Erik J. Engstrom -- Parties and leaders: polarization and power in the U.S. House and Senate / C. Lawrence Evans -- Congressional committees in a partisan era: the end of institutionalization as we know it? / Charles Stewart III -- House rules and procedure: a procedural arms race / Jason M. Roberts -- Senate rules and procedure: revisiting the Bank Bill of 1841 and the development of Senate obstruction / Anthony J. Madonna -- Voting on the floor: members' most fundamental right / Andrew J. Taylor -- Bicameral resolution: the politics and policy implications of creating identical bills / Nathan W. Monroe -- Congress and the executive: unilateralism and legislative bargaining / Bryan W. Marshall -- Congress and the courts: the battle over campaign finance / Sarah. A. Treul -- Congress and interest groups / Anthony J. Nownes -- Congressional spending: the special case of earmarks / Michael H. Crespin and Charles J. Finocchiaro.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-291) and index.
