LEADER 02559nam 22006614a 450 001 9910814336903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-773299-2 010 $a1-280-84482-5 010 $a0-19-803889-5 010 $a1-4294-3874-6 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195174465.001.0001 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(OCoLC)1406787278 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197732991 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 $ehow Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track /$fThomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein 205 $a1st ed. 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 8 $aArguing that congress faces a crisis of self-identity and role in the American Constitutional System, this book examines the first principles of the intended role of the legislative branch, looks throughout history at how congress has fulfilled this role, and considers what can be done to improve it. 410 0$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 $a9910814336903321 996 $aThe broken branch$94003099 997 $aUNINA