LEADER 02737nam  22006134a 450 
001 9910777890903321
005 20230829004707.0
010   $a0-19-773299-2
010   $a1-280-84482-5
010   $a0-19-803889-5
010   $a1-4294-3874-6
035   $a(CKB)1000000000469654
035   $a(EBL)430543
035   $a(OCoLC)79638472
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000115201
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129699
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115201
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10007071
035   $a(PQKB)11223002
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430543
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160577
035   $a(CaONFJC)MIL84482
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430543
035   $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469654
100   $a20060124d2006      uy             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|n|---|||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 14$aThe broken branch$b[electronic resource] $ehow Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track /$fThomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (289 p.)
225 1 $aInstitutions of American democracy
300   $a"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."
300   $a"The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
311   $a0-19-536871-1 
311   $a0-19-517446-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-255) and index.
327   $aThe first branch of government : theory and practice -- The seeds of the contemporary problem, 1969-1994 -- A decade of Republican control -- Institutional decline -- The case of continuity.
330   $aCongress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a much-needed blueprint for change, from two experts who understand politics and revere our institutions, but believe that Congress has become deeply dysfunctional. Mann and Ornstein, two of the nations most renowned and judicious scholars of government and politics, bring to light the historical roots of Congr
410  0$aInstitutions of American democracy series.
676   $a328.73
700   $aMann$b Thomas E$0140707
701   $aOrnstein$b Norman J$01093192
712 02$aAnnenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
712 02$aAnnenberg Public Policy Center.
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910777890903321
996   $aThe broken branch$93687445
997   $aUNINA