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Cover Image: Guide to Congress, 6th edition, 2-volume set
  • Date: 10/19/2007
  • Format: Print Cloth
  • Price: $385.00
  • ISBN: 978-0-87289-295-8
  • Pages: 1603

  • Format: Online Edition

Guide to Congress, 6th edition, 2-volume set


The newest edition of this venerable institutional guide covers all aspects of Congress and includes timely updates on:

  • Congress’s relationship with President George W. Bush
  • Congress’s role in homeland security, government reorganization, and intelligence reform
  • The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Changes in congressional procedures, party rules, norms of seniority, committee chairs and assignments, and reorganization of major committees
  • Congressional ethics and interaction with lobbyists
  • Issues such as stem cell research, end-of-life decisions, Social Security
Reviews
"It will be difficult to improve upon this definitive resource for all students of American politics. It is recommended for public, school, and college libraries." - American Reference Books Annual

"To really understand Congress, there is nothing better than these large volumes, to which many reference librarians have turned over the past 37 years." - Booklist

"This two-volume work remains an essential source on the legislative branch of the US government….. Published since 1971, this guide is an outstanding, indispensable work…. Essential. Lower level undergraduates and above; general readers." - Choice
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