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Changing cultures in congress : from fair play to power plays

Wolfensberger, Donald R.

Changing cultures in congress : from fair play to power plays Donald R.Wolfensberger - New York Columbia University Press 2018 - 183 pages - Woodrow Wilson Center series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Rolling rules : from level ground to partisan tilt -- Making House rules -- Procedural triage for health care reform -- Fraying purse strings -- Whither the war power? -- Congress and the Iran deal : rational reactor or design flaw? -- Governing in a political world

The United States Congress has been described as dysfunctional, gridlocked, polarized, hyperpartisan, chaotic, and do-nothing. In Changing Cultures in Congress, Donald R. Wolfensberger explains the institutional dynamics behind Congress's devolution to a body plagued by a win-at-any-cost mentality and a culture of perpetual campaigning

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United States.Congress.House--Rules and practice
United States.Congress.House--Elections
Parliamentary practice--United States

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