Author: David C. King
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Language: en
Pages: 486
Pages: 486
Books about Committee Jurisdictions and Institutional Change in the U.S. House of Representatives
Language: en
Pages: 222
Pages: 222
For most bills in American legislatures, the issue of turf—or which committee has jurisdiction over a bill—can make all the difference. Turf governs the flow and fate of all legislation. In this innovative study, David C. King explains how jurisdictional areas for committees are created and changed in Congress. Political
Language: en
Pages: 236
Pages: 236
Providing a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and status of committees and committee systems in both the House and Senate, this edition carries on the book's tradition of comprehensive coverage, empirical richness, and theoretical relevance in its discussion of these essential and distinguishing features of our national legislature. While
Language: en
Pages: 197
Pages: 197
The book discusses the role of congressional committees in the legislative process
Language: en
Pages: 253
Pages: 253
Common Ground shows that while committees in the House of Representatives face overlapping and ambiguous jurisdictions on issues ranging from health care reform to homeland security, the problem of turf wars is overstated as panels are able to bargain and cooperate successfully matters of shared interest.
Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Congressional oversight activity has increased dramatically since the early 1970s. Congressional committees now spend more of their time holding hearings to review the activities of federal agencies, and committee staff members are busy collecting information about what goes on during program implementation. This book examines the reasons behind the surprising
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Books about Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives
Language: en
Pages: 266
Pages: 266
Books about Essays on Procedural Development in the United States Congress
Language: en
Pages: 1105
Pages: 1105
The Encyclopedia provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the subject known as public choice. However, the title would not convey suf- ciently the breadth of the Encyclopedia’s contents which can be summarized better as the fruitful interchange of economics, political science and moral philosophy on the basis of an