The American Congress

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Steven S.

Politics & Government

Houghton, Mifflin Co.

This comprehensive introduction to Congress and the legislative process, written by a highly-regarded congressional scholar, covers the internal dynamics of congressional politics and presents the most recent scholarship on the subject. The Second Edition offers balanced coverage of theory and practice, incorporating more contemporary scholarship than any other text available. The text also offers exceptionally thorough coverage of the relationship between Congress and other important institutions--particularly the executive branch, the courts, and interest groups, as well as policy outcomes.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Cengage Learning'

Although the U.S. Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for final approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Hong Min Park, Steven S. Smith, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen document the dramatic changes in intercameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades, and examine the various considerations made by the chambers when determining the manner in which the House and Senate pursue conciliation. Politics Over Process demonstrates that partisan competition, increasing party polarization, and institutional reforms have encouraged the majority party to more creatively restructure post-passage processes, often avoiding the traditional standing committee and conference processes altogether.

Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (Legislative Politics And Policy Making)

Vander Wielen, Ryan J.

Park, Hong Min

University of Michigan Press

This package offers the The American Congress Reader and the 6th edition of The American Congress, by Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen, at a discounted price.

The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set

Roberts, Jason M.

Cambridge University Press

Informed by the authors' Capitol Hill experience and nationally-recognized scholarship, The American Congress presents a crisp introduction to all major features of Congress: its party and committee systems, leadership, and voting and floor activity. Including the most in-depth discussions of the place of the president, the courts, and interest groups in congressional policy-making available in a text, this text blends an emphasis on recent developments in congressional politics with a clear discussion of the rules of the game, the history of key features of Congress, and stories from recent Congresses that bring politics to life.

Party Influence in Congress

Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of parties in the U.S. Congress. Political scientists differ in their evaluations of the influence of congressional parties over policy outcomes. Steven S. Smith reviews the arguments and finds them deficient in many respects. In their place, he offers an enriched, more nuanced view of the way parties influence the behavior of legislators and shape legislative outcomes.

The American Congress provides the most insightful, up-to-date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text. Informed by the authors' Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship, this book presents a crisp introduction to all major features of Congress: its party and committee systems, leadership, and voting and floor activity. The American Congress has the most in-depth discussion of the place of the president, the courts, and interest groups in congressional policy making available in a text. The authors blend an emphasis on recent developments in congressional politics with a clear discussion of the rules of the game, the history of key features of Congress, and stories from recent Congresses that bring politics to life. No other text weaves into the discussion the important ideas of recent political science research. The book includes the most comprehensive list of suggested readings and Internet resources on Congress.

Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024

Gamm, Gerald

The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and newly updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congress's inner mechanics, the Reader compiles the best relevant scholarship on party and committee systems, leadership, voting, and floor activity to broaden and illuminate the key features of the text.

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The American Congress

The American Congress

Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (Legislative Politics And Policy Making)

Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (Legislative Politics And Policy Making)

The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set

The American Congress

Party Influence in Congress

The American Congress

Steering the Senate: The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024

The American Congress Reader (The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set)