The American Congress Reader

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PART I. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS: MODERN TRENDS
	1 What Is Wrong with the American Political System?
	2 A Reassessment of Who's to Blame: A Positive Case for the Public Evaluation of Congress
	3 Between the Campaigns: Public Approval and Disapproval of Government
PART II. REPRESENTATION AND LAWMAKING IN CONGRESS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
	4 U.S. Constitution, Articles I, II, III, and Amendments
	5 The Federalist, Nos. 10 and 51
	6 U.S. House Members in Their Constituencies: An Exploration
	7 Collective vs. Dyadic Representation in Congress
PART III. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS AND POLICY ALIGNMENTS
	8 Elbridge Gerry's Salamander: The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution – Excerpts
	9 Strategic Politicians and the Dynamics of U.S. House Elections, 1946–1986
	10 Congress: The Electoral Connection
PART IV. MEMBERS, GOALS, RESOURCES, AND STRATEGIES
	11 Senate Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics
	12 Risk-Bearing and Progressive Ambition: The Case of Members of the United States House of Representatives
	13 Issue Politics in Congress – Excerpts
PART V. PARTIES AND LEADERS
	14 Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The House from Cannon to Rayburn
	15 Setting the Agenda
	16 Party Influence in Congress
PART VI. THE STANDING COMMITTEES
	17 Distributive and Partisan Issues in Agriculture Policy in the 104th House
	18 Principals, Goals, Dimensionality, and Congressional Committees
	19 Nonlegislative Hearings and Policy Change in Congress
PART VII. THE RULES OF THE LEGISLATIVE GAME
	20 Sample of a Special Rule
	21 Sample of a Unanimous Consent Agreement
	22 On the Effects of Legislative Rules
	23 The Partisan Basis of Procedural Choice: Allocating Parliamentary Rights in the House, 1789–1990
	24 The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Institutions in Congress: Path Dependency in House and Senate Institutional Development
PART VIII. THE FLOOR AND VOTING
	25 Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress – Excerpt
	26 Models of Legislative Voting
	27 Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking
PART IX. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT
	28 Presidential Veto Messages
	29 Presidential Signing Statement
	30 Veto Bargaining: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power
	31 The Dynamics of Legislative Gridlock, 1947–1996
	32 The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive – Excerpt
	33 Conscience of a Conservative
PART X. CONGRESS AND THE COURTS
	34 Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees: A Neoinstitutional Model
	35 From Abe Fortas to Zoë Baird: Why Some Presidential Nominations Fail in the Senate
PART XI. CONGRESS, LOBBYISTS, AND INTEREST GROUPS
	36 Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees
	37 “Legislative Lobbying” – Excerpt
PART XII. CONGRESS AND BUDGET POLITICS
	38 Appropriations in the Republican Era
	39 Pet Projects’ Veil Is Only Partly Lifted: Lawmakers Find Other Paths to Special-Interest Funding
PART XIII. FURTHER READINGS ON CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS
	40 Introduction to the Spatial Theory of Legislating
	41 The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power
	42 The Return to Equilibrium: Controlling Legislative Agendas