Recently plagued by gridlock, huge deficits, and deep policy differences between the president and congressional majorities, Congress has often been the target of relentless and bitter criticism. In this context, Sinclair asks, how has the House not only performed its legislative functions but also managed to enhance its role in the American political system? In Legislators, Leaders, and Lawmakers, Sinclair traces the emergence of a House majority party leadership that is highly active and deeply involved in multiple aspects of the legislative process, and yet one that leads by means of a participatory and inclusive style.
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A most remarkable undertaking. It represents a scholarly research effort that has stretched over nearly two decades. It has involved the getting and maintaining an unusual level of access to the workings of Democratic party leadership and yet an ability to remain sufficiently distant to develop the broader perspective. The end result is clearly a most important-if not the most important-book on party leadership and Congress.
(Bruce I. Oppenheimer American Political Science Review )A superb combination of description and analysis that captures the Democratic-dominated House of the 1980's and early 1990's... Sinclair has provided us with both a summing up and a benchmark as we proceed to analyze the so-called Republican Revolution as it reverberates through the U.S. House. We are in her debt.
(Burdett Loomis Congress and the Presidency )A classic study of the postreform house for all present and future students of Congress... Applying a perceptive and disciplined mind to an impressive knowledge of the topic, the author provides a detailed and instructive account of the relations between majority leaders and members in the postreform House, as well as valuable evidence and insights on such matters as the blending of substance and politics in decision making, current patterns of relationships with lobbyists, and the emerging public role of the Speaker.
(Joseph Cooper Political Science Quarterly )About the Author
Barbara Sinclair is Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of The Transformation of the U.S. Senate and Majority Leadership in the U.S. House, both available from Johns Hopkins.
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In the spring of 1993, reconciliation legislation implementing President Clinton's economic program was approaching consideration on the House floor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
committee government era, prefloor legislative process, simple open rule, deep policy divisions, recommit with instructions, deputy whip position, zone whips, prereform congress, whip meetings, caucus vice chair, prefloor stage, senior whip, leadership staffer, whip system, individualist strategies, floor coalitions, most major legislation, whip count, committee contingents, vote mobilization, postreform years, leadership inner circle, caucus rules, legislative preferences, chief deputy whips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Rules Committee, House Democrats, Budget Committee, Appropriations Committee, White House, Jim Wright, Speaker Foley, President Reagan, Speaker Wright, House Democratic, Tom Foley, Armed Services Committee, Tony Coelho, David Bonior, Dick Gephardt, House of Representatives, House Republicans, Democratic House, Grove City, Speaker O'Neill, Agriculture Committee, African American, Bill Gray, Committee of the Whole, David Obey New!
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- Congress Reconsidered by Lawrence C. Dodd on 5 pages
- House and Senate, Third Edition by Ross K. Baker on page 120, and page 199
- New Perspectives on the House of Representatives by Professor Robert L. Peabody in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Postreform Congress by Roger H. Davidson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Congress: The Electoral Connection, Second Edition by Professor David R. Mayhew in Back Matter
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- Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party by Jerrold E. Schneider in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The New Constitutional Order by Mark Tushnet in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Trading Blows: Party Competition and U.S. Trade Policy in a Globalizing Era by James Shoch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party by Jerrold E. Schneider in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Congressional Experience by DAVID PRICE on page 186
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