TY - BOOK AU - Wolfensberger, Donald R. TI - Changing cultures in congress: from fair play to power plays T2 - Woodrow Wilson Center series SN - 9780231190152 AV - KF4992.W65 CHA PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - United States.Congress.House KW - Rules and practice KW - Elections KW - Parliamentary practice KW - United States N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -