Details

   Representation

   The Lawmaking Process
       Step 1: Introduction
       Step 2: Assignment to Committee
       Step 3: The House Rules Committee
       Step 4: Discussion and Vote by the Full Chamber
       Step 5: Discussion and Vote by the Other Chamber
       Step 6: The Conference Committee
       Step 7: Final Passage by Both Chambers
       Step 8: Presidential Approval
       Step 9: Possible Veto Overide
       Implications
       Appropriations Bills

   Committee Structure
       House Committees
          The House Rules Committee
          The House Ways and Means Committee
          The House Appropriations Committee
          Other House Committees
       Senate Committees
          The Senate Finance Committee
          The Senate Appropriations Committee
          The Senate Foreign Relations Committee
          The Senate Judiciary Committee
          Other Senate Committees

   Centralized Congressional Leadership
       House Leadership
           Speaker of the House
           House Majority Leader
           House Majority Whips
           House Minority Leader
           House Minority Whips
       Senate Leadership
           President of the Senate
           President Pro Tempore
           Senate Majority Leader
           Senate Minority Leader
           Senate Majority and Minority Whips

   Congressional Staff
       Personal Staff
           Administrative Assistants
           Legislative Assistants
           Field Staff
       Committee Staff
       Staff Offices
           General Accounting Office (GAO)
           The Congressional Research Service (CRS)
           Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

   Legislative-Executive Relations
       Foreign and Military Affairs
           Executive Agreements
           Undeclared Wars
           Secrecy
       Domestic Affairs
           Impoundment

   The Budgetary Process
       The Congressional Budget Committees (BCs)
       The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
       Budget Resolutions
       Continuing Resolutions and Their Political Implications
       The Budget Deficit

   Congressional Oversight
       Oversight Through Committees
           Authorization Committees
           Appropriations Committees
           Government Operations Committees
       Oversight Through Congressional Offices
           The General Accounting Office (GAO)
           The Congressional Research Service (CRS)
           The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
           Effectiveness
       Oversight Through Casework
       Some Other Approaches to Oversight
           Sunshine Laws
           The Congressional Veto
           Sunset Legislation
           Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB)
       The Overall Effectiveness of Oversight

   Congressional Leadership and Reform:
     TheTrendsToward Centralization
     And Decentralization
       Developments in the House
            Committee Government
            The Conservative Coalition
            The Democratic Caucus
            Subcommittee Government
            Strengthening the Centralized Leadership
            The 1995 Republican Revolution
       Developments in the Senate
           Southern Democrats in the Senate
           Senatorial "Folkways"
           Senatorial Leadership
           Changes in Senate Procedures

   The Question of Representation

   Conclusion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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