Politics in the USA, Sixth Edition

130 Congressional politics out any attempt on the part of the caucus to determine policy issues, for to do this would be more li ...

Congressional politics 131 the party in the House, when they can be obtained. The Speaker can tell the president what is possibl ...

132 Congressional politics the wishes of the leadership, if those members are determined to oppose them. Indeed, the opinion of ...

Congressional politics 133 and Financial Services; Agriculture; Commerce; and Transportation and Infrastructure. There are also ...

134 Congressional politics strength in the House, the practical result of their operations is to provide another focus of loyalt ...

Congressional politics 135 similar amendments in both Houses, but if important differences persist then a conference committee m ...

136 Congressional politics The working of these committees varies according to political conditions. Thus, House committee assig ...

Congressional politics 137 is the funnel through which all legislation must pass, and it may attempt to delay consideration of a ...

138 Congressional politics existence of the new procedure probably induced the Committee to grant rules in a number of other cas ...

Congressional politics 139 of the filibuster that was conducted by a handful of Senators against a pro- posal to arm American me ...

140 Congressional politics would veto them if he could. In 1996, however, the Republican-dominated Congress passed the Line Item ...

Congressional politics 141 during passage. Sustained pressure by the administration over a number of sessions of Congress will u ...

142 Congressional politics appropriated for different purposes, and these differences have to be recon- ciled in conference comm ...

Congressional politics 143 Another area in which Congress tends to appropriate more money than requested is in the field of so-c ...

144 Congressional politics have to impose cuts upon the appropriate committees who were dealing with the various branches of exp ...

Congressional politics 145 Activities Committee was the main source of citations for contempt of Con- gress, many of them for fa ...

146 Congressional politics forty-nine against confirmation and forty-six in favour. Two Republican Sena- tors voted against thei ...

Congressional politics 147 but neither does it produce a stable, continuously coordinated government, which is usually represent ...

7 Presidential politics The description of the American political system that we have developed to this point is one of enormous ...

Presidential politics 149 is placed the final responsibility for the external, and much of the internal, affairs of the United S ...