LEADER 05449cam 2200613 i 4500001 on1117920967 003 OCoLC 005 20210129095902.0 008 200207t20202020ilua b 101 0 eng 010 2020006467 019 11176264191117637710 020 9780226702575 020 9780226702438 |qhardcover 020 022670243X |qhardcover 020 022670257X |qpaperback 020 |z9780226702605 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) o1117920967 035 (OCoLC)1117920967 |z(OCoLC)1117626419 |z(OCoLC)1117637710 040 ICU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCF |dERASA |dUKMGB |dUTV |dOCLCO |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 JK1021 |b.C5574 2020 082 00 328.73 |223 245 00 Congress overwhelmed : |bthe decline in congressional capacity and prospects for reform / |cedited by Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman, and Kevin R. Kosar. 264 1 Chicago : |bThe University of Chicago Press, |c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 334 pages : |billustrations ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Papers based on presentations at the State of Congressional Capacity conference, held at New America, March 1-2, 2018. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |tOverwhelmed : An introduction to Congress's capacity problem / |rTimothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman, and Kevin R. Kosar -- |gPart 1. The foundations of Congressional capacity. |tCapacity for what? Legislative capacity regimes in Congress and the possibilities for reform / |rLee Drutman and Timothy M. LaPira -- |tThe decline in Congressional capacity / |rMolly E. Reynolds -- |tHow Congress fell behind the Executive Branch / |rPhilip A. Wallach -- |gPart 2. Knowledge and expertise in Congress. |tThe Congressional capacity survey : Who staff are, how they got there, what they do, and where they may go / |rAlexander C. Furnas, Lee Drutman, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Timothy M. LaPira, and Kevin R. Kosar -- |tWhat do Congressional staff actually know? / |rKristina C. Miler -- |tHow committee staffers clear the runway for legislative action in Congress / |rCasey Burgat and Charles Hunt -- |tLegislative branch support agencies : What they are, what they do, and their uneasy position in our system of government / |rKevin R. Kosar -- |gPart 3. The politics of capacity in the legislative process. |tStill muddling along? Assessing the hybrid Congressional appropriations process / |rPeter Hanson -- |tCongress and the capacity to act : overcoming gridlock in the Senate's amendment process / |rJames Wallner -- |tThe issue dynamics of Congressional capacity / |rJonathan Lewallen, Sean M. Theriault, and Bryan D. Jones -- |tCongressional capacity and reauthorizations / |rE. Scott Adler, Stefani R. Langehennig, and Ryan W. Bell -- |tHow experienced legislative staff contribute to effective lawmaking / |rJesse M. Crosson, Geoffrey M. Lorenz, Craig Volden, and Alan E. Wiseman -- |tCapacity in a centralized Congress / |rJames M. Curry and Frances E. Lee -- |tCongressional capacity and bipartisanship in Congress / |rLaurel Harbridge-Yong -- |gPart 4. Capacity and the politics of reform. |tLessons from the history of reform / |rRuth Bloch Rubin -- |tDodging dead cats : What would it take to get congress to expand capacity? / |rAnthony Madonna and Ian Ostrander. 520 "Over the last four decades Congress as an institution has been steadily dis-investing in its own internal organizational resources. Member offices and committees have made do with fewer, and less experienced and expert, staff than they used to employ. It has failed to conduct vigorous investigations and oversight; members spend more of their time raising money than studying policy. It cannot effectively legislate or check and balance an executive branch to which it has delegated so much power without institutional resources. By all accounts, the capacity of Congress is in sorry shape. At the same time, demands on Congress have increased markedly as the scope of government has expanded. In this book the authors describe the institutional decline in Congress, discuss the reasons for the decline, and offer solutions"-- |cProvided by publisher. 610 10 United States. |bCongress |vCongresses. |=^A20185 610 10 United States. |bCongress |xOfficials and employees |vCongresses. |=^A71384 610 17 United States. |bCongress. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00529490 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |vCongresses. |=^A5916 650 7 Employees. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00909111 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 Conference papers and proceedings. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423772 655 7 Conference papers and proceedings. |2lcgft 700 1 LaPira, Timothy M., |eeditor. |=^A1349917 700 1 Drutman, Lee, |d1976- |eeditor. |=^A984546 700 1 Kosar, Kevin R., |d1970- |eeditor. |=^A606092 710 2 New America Foundation, |ehost institution. |=^A1413205 776 08 |iebook version : |z9780226702605 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s35.00 |uJPOS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5544108