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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich

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Congress and Its Members

Author: Roger H Davidson

This newly revised edition incorporates new and up-to-date material through mid-1997. The authors discuss new developments and fresh research findings regarding nearly every aspect of Congress.

The book's style is lively and informative, with an abundant use of charts, tables, graphs, photos, quotes, and vignettes to aid understanding of topics that include party politics, Congress and the president, and fundraising. Recent facts and trends are placed in the broader historical context essential for understanding how Congress works.

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A broad reference on the legislative branch of the US government for general readers and college students taking courses on the legislative process or national policy making. First published in 1981 and here updated through July 1997 to analyze such current issues as the irrelevancy of campaign finance laws in the context of campaign fundraising and the politics of reform, new leaders and party organizations in the House and Senate, and comparisons between the 104th and 105th Congresses. Paper edition (unseen), $34.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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st:Cited in BCL3. An encyclopedic text, engagingly written. The new edition analyzes results of the 1992 congressional elections. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1	The two Congresses	2
2	Evolution of the modern Congress	12
3	Going for it : recruitment and candidacy	38
4	Making it : the electoral game	80
5	Being there : hill styles and home styles	116
6	Leaders and parties in Congress	148
7	Committees : workshops of Congress	192
8	Congressional rules and procedures	236
9	Deliberation in Congress	272
10	Congress and the president	304
11	Congress and the bureaucracy	334
12	Congress and the courts	362
13	Congress and organized interests	394
14	Congress, budgets, and domestic policy making	420
15	Congress and national security policies	450
16	The two Congresses and the American people	476
App. A	Party control : presidency, senate, house, 1901-2007
App. B	Internships : getting experience on Capitol Hill