Argues that congress faces a crisis of self-identity and role in the American Constitutional System. This book examines the first principles of the intended role of the legislative branch, looks throughout history at how congress has fulfilled this role, and considers what can b…
"Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and …
"Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and …
Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional dec…
Two leading experts on Congress outline recommendations for ending obstructionist tactics and artificial barriers to compromise, suggesting specific institutional restructuring measures while calling on the public and media to work with government to correct problems rather than…
Two leading experts on Congress outline recommendations for ending obstructionist tactics and artificial barriers to compromise, suggesting specific institutional restructuring measures while calling on the public and media to work with government to correct problems rather than…
In the wake of yet another disastrous year in American politics, two of the nation's foremost experts on Congress provide their brief, strongly argued take on what's wrong and how to fix it.
CONTENT: Part 1. The problem: The new politics of hostage taking ; The seeds of dysfunction ; Beyond the debt ceiling fiasco -- Part 2. What to do about it: Bromides to avoid ; Fixing the Party System ; Reforming U. S. political institutions ; Navigating the current system. - SU…
Two leading experts on Congress outline recommendations for ending obstructionist tactics and artificial barriers to compromise, suggesting specific institutional restructuring measures while calling on the public and media to work with government to correct problems rather than…