Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Part One. Congress and its history
5. 1 The Federalist No. 62: The Senate 3
6. 2 Staggered Terms for the Senate: Origins and Irony 9
7. Part Two. Congress and representation: elections, parties, and lobbying
8. 3 Super PACs in Federal Elections: Overview and Issues for Congress 25
9. 4 Reforming the Modern Congress 60
10. 5 Congress and Earmarks, 2006–2018: A Decade of Reform 79
11. 6 The Business of America Is Lobbying 112
12. Part Three. Congress and the separation of powers
13. 7 The Legislative Role of the President 143
14. 8 Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius 151
15. 9 Bureaucrats and Their Constituents: Congressional Monitoring in the Modern Era 161
16. 10 Appointment Politics and the Ideological Composition of the Judiciary 181
17. Part Four. Reflections on congress
18. 11 Reflections on My Career in the House of Representatives 215
19. 12 The Future of Congress 231
20. Contributors 237
21. Credits 240
22. Index 241