Vital Statistics on Congress remains the quintessential source of authoritative information on America s legislature.
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" Vital Statistics on Congress 2008 is a vital tool to anybody interested in the United States Congress. Whether you are a congressional scholar, a journalist, or even a congressional aide, this book will be very useful since it is overflowing with interesting details on Congress. It includes some of the most visible and widely demanded statistics on campaign finance to the harder to find statistics on congressional staff and operating expenses." —Barri Bulla, University of Oklahoma, APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter
"For students of US politics, it [is a goldmine." —K.C. Fraser, Reference Reviews
About the Author
Norman J.Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News and writes a weekly column,"Congress Inside Out," for Roll Call. Thomas E.Mann is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the W. Averell Harriman Chair. He is a frequent media commentator on American politics. Michael J.Malbin is the executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute and professor of political science at the State University of NewYork, Albany. His books include The Election After Reform: Money, Politics and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
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total seats, election outcome, major party general election candidates, party coordinated expenditures, major party vote, ideological scores, budget resolution, score denotes, independent spending, totals reflect, open seats, official expenses, net dollars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Congressional Quarterly, House of Representatives, National Journal Group, The Almanac of American Politics, Government Printing Office, Federal Election Commission, San Diego, Year Source, Congressional Directory, Protestant Baptist, Garrison Nelson, New England Percent, Professor of Political Science, Mid-Atlantic Percent, Pacific Coast Percent, New Occupations Included Artistic, Congress Source, University of California, Military Officers Association of America, Border Percent, Midwest Percent, Congressional Record, Rocky Mountains Percent, Plains Percent, Military Service Browse Sample Pages:
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total seats, election outcome, major party general election candidates, party coordinated expenditures, major party vote, ideological scores, budget resolution, score denotes, independent spending, totals reflect, open seats, official expenses, net dollars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Congressional Quarterly, House of Representatives, National Journal Group, The Almanac of American Politics, Government Printing Office, Federal Election Commission, San Diego, Year Source, Congressional Directory, Protestant Baptist, Garrison Nelson, New England Percent, Professor of Political Science, Mid-Atlantic Percent, Pacific Coast Percent, New Occupations Included Artistic, Congress Source, University of California, Military Officers Association of America, Border Percent, Midwest Percent, Congressional Record, Rocky Mountains Percent, Plains Percent, Military Service Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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