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Broken Branch

How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track

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In this book, the third of the five trade books for the Institutions of Democracy project, Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein argue that congress faces a crisis of self-identity and role in the American Constitutional System. Congress is supposed to be the driving force behind policy in the nation and a vital check and balance against the executive, but it is neither, particularly under the current administration. As with other books in this series Mann and Ornstein will examine the first principles of the intended role of the legislative branch, look throughout history at how congress has fulfilled this role, and consider what can be done to improve it and bring it back to its original purpose.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • Preface

  • 1: Introduction

  • 2: The First Branch of Government: Theory and Practice

  • 3: The Seeds of the Contemporary Problem, 1969-1994

  • 4: A Decade of Republican Control

  • 5: Institutional Decline

  • 6: The Case of Continuity

  • 7: Conclusion

  • 8: Epilogue: Is the Broken Branch on the Mend?

  • Notes

  • Acknowledgments

  • Index


Produktdetails

Erscheinungsdatum
01. August 2008
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
316
Autor/Autorin
Thomas E Mann, Norman J Ornstein
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
435 g
Größe (L/B/H)
210/140/19 mm
ISBN
9780195368710

Portrait

Thomas E Mann

Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. The author of numerous books on American government, and a contributor to major magazines and newspapers like Washington Post and New York Times , he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mann has served as co-director (with Ornstein) of the Transition to Governing Project and senior counselor (with Ornstein) to the Continuity of Government Commission. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Norman J. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. An election analyst for CBS News, he writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call . His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal , and Foreign Affairs , and he appears regularly on television programs like The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline , and Charlie Rose . He serves on the board of the Public Broadcasting Service and several other nonprofit groups. Like Mann, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Pressestimmen

"The Broken Branch...reveals their relationship with the national legislature to be much more profound than mere observation. Frankly, it's love. And they are deeply distressed by Congress's current low esteem. Urging reform at every opportunity, they seem like the loyal spouse of an alcoholic or drug addict, desperately pushing their beloved into rehab."--The New York Times Book Review
"Two of the most knowledgeable congressional scholars."--washingtonpost.com
"Mann and Ornstein document a litany of abuses so excruciating that their reaction to the impeachment debacle of 1998 is this: 'We didn't think they could sink any lower. We were wrong.' Examples abound. Minority Democrats are routinely given only hours to read the text of thousand-page bills before they're brought up for a vote. Conference committees are stacked exclusively with friendly members. Oversight committees lie dormant and cabinet secretaries treat congressional inquiries with open contempt. Lobbying and pork-barrel spending are at record highs."--Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly
"It is easy to recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Congress, how it works and how it should work."--Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post Book World
"Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein have few peers as Congress watchers, but their affection for this very human institution drives their analyses in The Broken Branch as much as their experience. You don't have to agree with every point in their criticism to feel renewed respect for their lifetime of devotion to helping make the people's branch of government a better functioning and more constructive tribune of the public interest."--U.S. Senator John McCain
"Poll after poll shows a dramatic decline in public esteem for the Congress. In the opinion of many Americans, Republicans and Democrats alike, the institution simply does not work. Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, two of the nation's very finest Congressional scholars, have shown in sharp, c

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