The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-762078-6 (ISBN)
Among the most significant events since the last edition, the Senate ignored President Obama's last nomination to the Supreme Court and then adopted a "nuclear option" to streamline future Supreme Court confirmations. The House also twice impeached President Trump, processes that starkly expose the differences between the majority-rule requirements of the House and the super-majority requirements of the Senate. This new edition explains how the parties have changed in light of the unprecedented politics of the past four years, culminating in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and how this development has affected both the House and the Senate.
Donald A. Ritchie is Historian Emeritus of the U.S. Senate. He worked for forty years at the Senate Historical Office, where he conducted an oral history program and did historical editing, such as the previously closed hearings of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. A former president of the Oral History Association, he has also been a member of the councils of the American Historical Association and the International Oral History Association. His other books include Our Constitution, The Oxford Guide to the United States Government, Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents, Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps, Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932, and The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington.
Preface
1 The great compromise
2 Campaigns and constituents
3 In committee
4 On the floor
5 Checks and balances
6 The Capitol complex
References
Further reading
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.11.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Very Short Introductions |
Zusatzinfo | 10 b/w illustrations |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 174 x 116 mm |
Gewicht | 150 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-762078-7 / 0197620787 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-762078-6 / 9780197620786 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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