New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of the Republicans on Congress,9780847691685

New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of the Republicans on Congress

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ISBN13: 9780847691685
ISBN10: 0847691683
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-03-25
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This volume of original essays by leading congressional scholars explores the impact of the Republican majority on Congress with attention to the history of the institution and party characteristics present and future. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
vii
Preface ix
From Revolution to Evolution: Congress under Republican Control
1(20)
Nicol C. Rae
Colton C. Campbell
Part One New Styles of Party Leadership
Partisan Imperatives and Institutional Constraints: Republican Party Leadership in the House and Senate
21(22)
Barbara Sinclair
Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The Case of Newt Gingrich
43(26)
Ronald M. Peters, Jr.
Part Two Change and Continuity in Congressional Committees
Building the Republican Regime: Leaders and Committees
69(22)
Roger H. Davidson
Learning to Legislate: Committees in the Republican Congress
91(26)
Christopher J. Deering
Part Three Reforming the Legislative Process
Procedural Features of House Republican Rule
117(18)
C. Lawrence Evans
Walter J. Oleszek
Republican Roles in Congressional Budget Reform: Twenty-Five Years of Deficit and Conflict
135(18)
James A. Thurber
Part Four The Congressional Republican Party
Moderate Success: Majority Status and the Changing Nature of Factionalism in the House Republican Party
153(20)
Robin Kolodny
The House Republicans: Lessons for Political Science
173(22)
William F. Connelly Jr.
John J. Pitney Jr.
Bibliography 195(14)
Index 209(10)
About the Contributors 219

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