Part I: In Search of the Two Congresses
Chapter 1: The Two Congresses
The Dual Nature of Congress
The Two Congresses in Comparative Context
Divergent Views of Congress
Chapter 2: Evolution of the Modern Congress
Antecedents of Congress
Congress in the Constitution
Institutional Evolution
Evolution of the Legislator’s Job
Conclusion
Part II: A Congress of Ambassadors
Chapter 3: Going for It: Recruitment and Candidacy
Formal Rules of the Game
Districting in the House
Becoming a Candidate
Nominating Politics
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Making It: The Electoral Game
Campaign Strategies
Campaign Resources
Campaign Techniques
The Parallel Campaigns
Who Votes?
How Voters Decide
Election Outcomes
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Being There: Hill Styles and Home Styles
Hill Styles
Looking Homeward
Office of the Member Inc.
Members and the Media
Conclusion
Part III: A Deliberative Assembly of One Nation
Chapter 6: Leaders and Parties in Congress
The Speaker of the House
Leaders of the Senate
Selection of Leaders
Leadership Activities
Party Caucuses, Committees, and Informal Groups
Party Continuity and Change
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Committees: Workshops of Congress
The Purposes of Committees
Evolution of the Committee System
Types of Committees
The Assignment Process
Committee Leadership
Policy Making in Committee
Committee Staff
Committee Reform and Change
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Congressional Rules and Procedures
Introduction of Bills
Referral of Bills
Scheduling in the House
House Floor Procedures
Scheduling in the Senate
Senate Floor Procedures
Resolving House-Senate Differences
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Decision Making in Congress
The Power to Choose
Types of Decisions
Determinants of Voting
Legislative Bargaining
Conclusion
Part IV: Policy Making and Change in the Two Congresses
Chapter 10: Congress and the President
The President as Legislator
The Veto Power
Sources of Legislative-Executive Cooperation
Sources of Legislative-Executive Conflict
The Balance of Power
Conclusion
Chapter 11: Congress and the Bureaucracy
Congress Organizes the Executive Branch
Congressional Control of the Bureaucracy
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Congress and the Courts
The Federal Courts
The Court as Referee and Umpire
Advice and Consent for Judicial Nominees
Conclusion
Chapter 13: Congress and Organized Interests
American Pluralism
Pressure Group Methods
Groups and the Electoral Connection
Groups, Lobbying, and Legislative Politics
Regulation of Lobbying
Conclusion
Chapter 14: Congress, Budgets, and Domestic Policy Making
Stages of Policy Making
Types of Domestic Policies
Characteristics of Congressional Policy Making
Congressional Budgeting
The 1974 Budget Act
Conclusion
Chapter 15: Congress and National Security Policies
Constitutional Powers
Who Speaks for Congress?
Types of Foreign and National Security Policies
Structural Policies
Strategic Policies
Crisis Policies: The War Powers
Conclusion
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 16: The Two Congresses and the American People
Congress-as-Politicians
Congress-as-Institution
Twenty-First-Century Challenges
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