02738nam 22005295 450 991079375130332120210222172910.00-300-24961-610.12987/9780300249613(CKB)4100000008870007(MiAaPQ)EBC5844761(StDuBDS)EDZ0002139911(DE-B1597)536134(OCoLC)1111801476(DE-B1597)9780300249613(EXLCZ)99410000000887000720200406h20192019 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCongress The First Branch /Kathryn Wagner Hill, Benjamin GinsbergNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (377 pages)Yale scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2019.0-300-22053-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --CONTENTS --1. Congress: The First Branch --2. A Brief History of Congress: From First Branch to Second Fiddle --3. Congressional Elections --4. Political Parties and the Organization of Congress --5. The Legislative Process: The Rise of the New Order in Congress --6. Congress, the President, and Domestic Policy: Who Governs? --7. Congress and Foreign Policy --8. Congress and the Bureaucracy: Who Makes the Law? --9. Congress and the Courts --10. Reflections on Congress --NOTES --INDEXAn introduction to the U.S. Congress, from seasoned political historians and teachers In this accessible overview of the United States Congress's past and present, Ginsberg and Hill introduce students to the country's most democratic institution. This text surveys Congressional elections, the internal structure of Congress, the legislative process, Congress and the President, and Congress and the courts. Congress: The First Branch offers a fresh approach to the First Branch grounded in a historical, positive frame.Yale scholarship online.Legislative bodiesUnited StatesLegislative bodiesUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and governmentLegislative bodiesLegislative bodiesHistory.328.73Ginsberg Benjaminauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut143301Hill Kathryn Wagnerauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910793751303321Congress3771608UNINA