Unorthodox Lawmaking

New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress

Häftad, Engelska, 201615+ år

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Beskrivning

“Barbara Sinclair does an excellent job of showing how contemporary lawmaking departs from the traditional legislative process. I can't imagine teaching a course on Congress without this text—it’s absolutely indispensable.”

—Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College

Most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed “unorthodox lawmaking.” In this much-anticipated Fifth Edition of Unorthodox Lawmaking, Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up Congress’s work, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved. The author introduces students to the intricacies of Congress and provides the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the legislative process.

This dramatically revised Fifth Edition incorporates a wealth of new cases and examples to illustrate the changes occurring in congressional process. Two entirely new case study chapters highlight Sinclair’s fresh analysis and the book is now introduced by a new foreword from noted scholar and teacher, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, reflecting on this book and Barbara Sinclair’s significant mark on the study of Congress.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-09-16
Mått:152 x 228 x 18 mm
Vikt:470 g
Ålder:15+
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Läsålder:15+
Antal sidor:320
Upplaga:5
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781506322834

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Mer om författaren

Barbara Sinclair is Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics at the University of California at Los Angeles. She served as chair of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association from 1993 to 1995. She is the author of several books, including Legislators, Leaders, and Lawmaking: The U.S. House of Representatives in the Postreform Era, Transformation of the U.S. Senate, which won the Richard F. Fenno Prize and the D. B. Hardeman Prize, and Party Wars: Polarization and the Politics of National Policy Making.

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"Unorthodox Lawmaking does an excellent job of synthesizing the legislative process in each chamber. I have not found another book on the market that so clearly addresses the differences like this one does."

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Clean Air: An Introduction to How the Legislative Process Has ChangedA Note on DataChapter 2: Multiple Paths: The Legislative Process in the House of RepresentativesBill IntroductionBill ReferralPostcommittee AdjustmentsSuspension of the RulesSpecial RulesOn the FloorUnorthodox Lawmaking in the HouseChapter 3: Routes and Obstacles: The Legislative Process in the SenateBill IntroductionBill ReferralPostcommittee AdjustmentsScheduling Legislation for the FloorThe Senate FloorUnorthodox Lawmaking in the SenateChapter 4: Getting One Bill: Reconciling House-Senate DifferencesTraditional Nonconference Reconciliation ProceduresConference CommitteesThe President in the Postpassage Legislative ProcessThe Final StepReconciling Differences: How Much Change?Chapter 5: Omnibus Legislation, the Budget Process, and SummitsOmnibus LegislationAuthorizations, Appropriations, and EarmarksThe Budget ProcessCongress, the President, and SummitryWhat Is the Regular Process?Chapter 6: Why and How the Legislative Process ChangedFrom Decentralization to Individualism in the SenateReform and Its Legacy in the HouseBudget ReformA Hostile Political Climate as a Force for Innovation: The 1980s and Early 1990sHow Internal Reform and a Hostile Climate Spawned Unorthodox LawmakingUnorthodox Lawmaking in a Hyperpartisan EraChapter 7: Making Nonincremental Policy Change through Hyperunorthodox Procedures: Health Care Reform in 2009-2010The First Phase: Consultation and DraftingBuilding Winning Coalitions to Pass Health Care: Postcommittee and Floor ActionA Long and Convoluted End GameMaking Nonincremental Policy Change in a Partisan EraChapter 8: High-Stakes Budget Politics: The 2013 Government Shutdown and the Ryan-Murray DealAct One: The FY2014 Budget ResolutionsAct Two: From Budget Resolution to the Ryan-Murray DealUnorthodox Budget PoliticsChapter 9: A Cross-Party Coalition Forces Policy Change: The USA Freedom ActHouse Action in the 114th CongressSenate Action in the 114th CongressUnorthodox Lawmaking and Forms of BipartisanshipChapter 10: The Consequences of Unorthodox LawmakingLawmaking in the Contemporary CongressUnorthodox Lawmaking and Legislative OutcomesOther Costs and BenefitsAssessing Unorthodox Lawmaking