This is an undergraduate-level textbook that is intended to provide students with a broad perspective on US congressional politics, an understanding of the professional development of the study of Con
Nelson (political science, University of Vermont) and Stewart (political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have compiled an eye-opening summary of what congressional committees do and th
From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeen
From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeen
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the most powerful partisan figure in the contemporary U.S. Congress. How this came to be, and how the majority party in the House has made control of the
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the most powerful partisan figure in the contemporary U.S. Congress. How this came to be, and how the majority party in the House has made control of the
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