Unorthodox Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress
Language: English
Published by CQ Press, 2011
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- Title
- Unorthodox Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress
- Author
- Sinclair, Barbara
- Publisher
- CQ Press
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1608712362
- ISBN 13
- 9781608712366
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 15.2 x 22.9 centimeters
Despite what your students may have learned in Schoolhouse Rock, the textbook "how-a-bill-becomes-a-law" scenario is a rarity. As evidenced with health care reform legislation, most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed "unorthodox lawmaking."
Whatever path a bill takes―whether considered by multiple committees or subjected to a filibuster in the Senate―Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up the legislative process, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved.
This much-anticipated fourth edition updates the book through the end of the 111th Congress. Sinclair incorporates new examples and new case studies throughout, including the economic stimulus bill of 2008, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and, of course, the health care reform legislation of 2009–2010. New coverage also includes recent developments in the Senate (for example, filling the amendment tree); major changes in how the House and Senate resolve their differences (fewer conferences and more informal bargaining and amendments); and earmarks and changes in the appropriations process.
With Sinclair’s unique perspective, Unorthodox Lawmaking introduces students to the intricacies of Congress while also providing the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the legislative process.
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About the Author
Barbara Sinclair is Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics at the University of California at Los Angeles. She served as chair of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association from 1993 to 1995. She is the author of several books, including Legislators, Leaders, and Lawmaking: The U.S. House of Representatives in the Postreform Era, Transformation of the U.S. Senate, which won the Richard F. Fenno Prize and the D. B. Hardeman Prize, and Party Wars: Polarization and the Politics of National Policy Making.
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