Bibliograph

Congress overwhelmed, the decline in congressional capacity and prospects for reform, edited by Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman, and Kevin R. Kosar

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Congress overwhelmed, the decline in congressional capacity and prospects for reform, edited by Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman, and Kevin R. Kosar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Congress overwhelmed

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1117920967

Responsibility statement

edited by Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman, and Kevin R. Kosar

Sub title

the decline in congressional capacity and prospects for reform

Summary

"Over the last four decades Congress as an institution has been steadily dis-investing in its own internal organizational resources. Member offices and committees have made do with fewer, and less experienced and expert, staff than they used to employ. It has failed to conduct vigorous investigations and oversight; members spend more of their time raising money than studying policy. It cannot effectively legislate or check and balance an executive branch to which it has delegated so much power without institutional resources. By all accounts, the capacity of Congress is in sorry shape. At the same time, demands on Congress have increased markedly as the scope of government has expanded. In this book the authors describe the institutional decline in Congress, discuss the reasons for the decline, and offer solutions"--, Provided by publisher

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