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040 _bEnglish
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041 _aeng
050 _aKF4992.W65 CHA
100 _aWolfensberger, Donald R.
_eAuthor
245 _aChanging cultures in congress :
_bfrom fair play to power plays
_cDonald R.Wolfensberger
260 _aNew York
_bColumbia University Press
_c2018
300 _a183 pages
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
490 _aWoodrow Wilson Center series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aIntroduction -- 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
520 _aThe 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
650 _aUnited States.Congress.House
_xRules and practice
650 _aUnited States.Congress.House
_xElections
650 _aParliamentary practice
_zUnited States
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