02777nam 2200601 450 991077957270332120230803020416.00-19-997349-00-19-025268-51-299-45692-80-19-993199-2(CKB)2550000001018763(EBL)1073471(OCoLC)922904255(SSID)ssj0000860154(PQKBManifestationID)12351053(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860154(PQKBWorkID)10896514(PQKB)11292553(StDuBDS)EDZ0001019364(MiAaPQ)EBC1073471(MiAaPQ)EBC4704558(Au-PeEL)EBL4704558(CaPaEBR)ebr11554881(OCoLC)960758816(EXLCZ)99255000000101876320120716h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDangerous convictions what's really wrong with the U.S. Congress /Tom AllenNew York :Oxford University Press, USA,[2013]©20131 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-993198-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Early Lessons in Congress; 2. The Federal Budget: Faith-Based Economics; 3. Iraq: Evidence Doesn't Matter; 4. Health Care: Principle before People; 5. Climate Change: Denial as Public Policy; 6. The Sources of Polarization; 7. Finding a Path to Recovery; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThe debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics. Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans in the House refused to allow the Treasury to borrow enough money to pay for spending already ordered by Congress. The government avoided a catastrophic default only by unprecedented legislative contortions. The debt ceiling fight also showed that the two parties simply don't understand each other. In Dangerous Convictions, former Democratic Congressman Tom Allen, explains how beneath the surface of our political debates, the United StatesPolitics and government2009-2017United StatesEconomic policy2009-328.73POL006000bisacshAllen Thomas H(Thomas Hodge),1945-1519612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779572703321Dangerous convictions3757829UNINA