The congressional system : notes and readings

Title
  1. The congressional system : notes and readings / [edited by] Leroy N. Rieselbach.
Published by
  1. North Scituate, Mass. : Duxbury Press, ©1979.
Author
  1. Rieselbach, Leroy N.

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Description
  1. viii, 419 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. United States. Congress
Contents
  1. Congressional elections: the case of the vanishing marginals -- House committee assignments -- The seniority system in Congress -- Subcommittees: the miniature legislatures of Congress -- House party leadership -- Conditions for party leadership -- The learning of legislative norms -- Congressional committee behavior on roll call votes: the U.S. House of Representatives, 1955-1964 -- Central legislative clearance: a revised perspective -- Presidential pull up Capitol Hill -- Interest groups and Congress: toward a transactional theory
  2. (Continued) Party government and the saliency of Congress -- The House Appropriations Committee's decisions: patterns and determinants -- Political upheaval and Congressional voting: the effects of the 1960s on voting patterns in the House of Representatives -- Legislative oversight: theory and practice -- Constituency influence in Congress -- Congressional policy-making: the basic patterns.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-419).