Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process - Hardcover

Oleszek, Walter J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568024924 ISBN 13: 9781568024929

Publisher: CQ Press, 2000

Synopsis

A title exploring how the contemporary Congress makes laws and how its rules and procedures shape domestic and foreign policy. Also covered are: the shift from the politics of deficit to the politics of surplus, innovations in Senate floor procedures and new trends in legislative oversight.

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About the Author

Walter J. Oleszek is a senior specialist in the legislative process at the Congressional Research Service. He has served as either a full-time professional staff aide or consultant to every major House and Senate congressional reorganization effort beginning with the passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. In 1993, he served as Policy Director of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. A long-time adjunct faculty member at The American University, Oleszek is a frequent lecturer before various academic, governmental and business groups. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Congress and Its Members, 10th ed. (2006),with Roger H. Davidson, and Congress Under Fire: Reform Politics and the Republican Majority (1997), with C. Lawrence Evans.

Edition details

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568024924
• ISBN 13: 9781568024929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 390