Politics in the USA, Sixth Edition

110 Pressure politics conducted. Retail price maintenance is the use of legislation to outlaw price- cutting by retailers, in or ...

Pressure politics 111 particular issues coming before government. This has enabled them to take a more aggressive attitude towar ...

112 Pressure politics Furthermore, the labour movement has been riven by internal dissension and personal rivalries. The America ...

Pressure politics 113 the campaign funds of Democratic candidates, but the political aims of the unions remain limited. They wis ...

114 Pressure politics Depression. It has been said of the AFBF that its support is necessary for the success of any legislation ...

Pressure politics 115 safety regulations, particularly for automobiles, and in securing the passage of legislation on pollution ...

116 Pressure politics groups may attempt to exert influence on elections, on the process of leg- islation, on the way in which ...

Pressure politics 117 staff and research facilities to enable them to do this. They must be capable of producing draft legislati ...

118 Pressure politics Finally, interest groups must involve themselves in the work of the courts and represent their point of vi ...

Pressure politics 119 Spitzer, R.J. (1995) The Politics of Gun Control, Chatham, NJ: Chatham House. Truman, D. (1971) The Govern ...

6 Congressional politics The Congress of the United States is, without doubt, the most powerful rep- resentative assembly in the ...

Congressional politics 121 the Senate is given the function of ratifying treaties on behalf of the United States, and of confirm ...

122 Congressional politics They will be concerned also with the positions adopted by other members of Congress with whom they ha ...

Congressional politics 123 they wished to show that, in spite of the fact that they did not control the presidency, they were th ...

124 Congressional politics maintained a majority in the House of Representatives (221 Republicans; 212 Democrats) and in the Sen ...

Congressional politics 125 the presidential success rate gives a useful insight into the extent to which presidents are able to ...

126 Congressional politics by no means determining factor in the way in which these patterns form. The effect of party loyalty i ...

Congressional politics 127 they are from different parties. These coalitions form and re-form according to the issue, and they m ...

128 Congressional politics there is a sharp conflict between the party leadership and powerful pressure groups. Very often in su ...

Congressional politics 129 control over its procedures and the legislative programme are all decided upon within Congress. The d ...