How Congress works (or doesn't)

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The Red and the Blue: An Exploration of Presidential Politics in the '90s and Its Effects on the Modern Era by America's Most Engaging Election Correspondent
The Red and the Blue: An Exploration of Presidential Politics in the '90s and Its Effects on the Modern Era by America's Most Engaging Election Correspondent 4.20 avg rating — 2,974 ratings
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Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 23,638 ratings
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The House: The History of the House of Representatives
The House: The History of the House of Representatives 3.96 avg rating — 195 ratings
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The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works
The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works 3.71 avg rating — 269 ratings
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How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care 3.13 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century 4.31 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage 3.92 avg rating — 14,260 ratings
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The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction
The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction 3.80 avg rating — 171 ratings
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The American Senate: An Insider's History
The American Senate: An Insider's History 3.84 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War 4.09 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
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Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense
Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't
Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't 3.84 avg rating — 431 ratings
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The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government 4.20 avg rating — 626 ratings
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Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS
Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS 3.79 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives
Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives 3.87 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen
Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen 4.13 avg rating — 281 ratings
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Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy
Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy 4.01 avg rating — 1,620 ratings
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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 287 ratings
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The American Congress (The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set)
The American Congress (The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set) 3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform
Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Centrist Solution: How We Made Government Work and Can Make It Work Again
The Centrist Solution: How We Made Government Work and Can Make It Work Again 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It 4.18 avg rating — 2,849 ratings
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Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman
Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better 4.40 avg rating — 2,461 ratings
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The Congressional Experience: Transforming American Politics
The Congressional Experience: Transforming American Politics 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Woman of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi
Woman of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi 3.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Dance of Legislation: An Insider's Account of the Workings of the United States Senate
The Dance of Legislation: An Insider's Account of the Workings of the United States Senate 3.79 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Washington
Washington 3.42 avg rating — 202 ratings
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The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government (Fundamentals of American Government, 2)
The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government (Fundamentals of American Government, 2) 3.35 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Forging Legislation
Forging Legislation 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s 3.85 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Power Game: How Washington Works
Power Game: How Washington Works 3.99 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy 4.25 avg rating — 2,555 ratings
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The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy Series)
The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy Series) 3.77 avg rating — 285 ratings
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The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America
The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America 3.95 avg rating — 982 ratings
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The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive
The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process
Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process
by: Oleszek W
3.78 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times 4.01 avg rating — 9,615 ratings
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Committees in Congress (Political Economy of Institutions)
Committees in Congress (Political Economy of Institutions) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Defending Congress and the Constitution
Defending Congress and the Constitution 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy
Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Bill: How Legislation Really Becomes Law
The Bill: How Legislation Really Becomes Law 3.41 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics
Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics 3.30 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11
Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11 3.23 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Congress, Presidents, and American Politics: Fifty Years of Writings and Reflections
Congress, Presidents, and American Politics: Fifty Years of Writings and Reflections 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader: A Different Kind of Senate, 1961-76
Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader: A Different Kind of Senate, 1961-76 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act
The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act 4.01 avg rating — 209 ratings
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The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policymaking
The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policymaking 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Congressional Oversight: An Overview
Congressional Oversight: An Overview 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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A Season of Inquiry: The Senate Intelligence Investigation
A Season of Inquiry: The Senate Intelligence Investigation 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Congressional Procedure: A Practical Guide to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress: The House of Representatives and Senate Explained
Congressional Procedure: A Practical Guide to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress: The House of Representatives and Senate Explained 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Financial Exposure: Carl Levin's Senate Investigations into Finance and Tax Abuse
Financial Exposure: Carl Levin's Senate Investigations into Finance and Tax Abuse 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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On the House: A Washington Memoir
On the House: A Washington Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 5,215 ratings
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Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress
Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress 3.52 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Defending the Filibuster: The Soul of the Senate
Defending the Filibuster: The Soul of the Senate 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Senator Joe McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy 3.74 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Shooting from the Lip: The Life of Senator Al Simpson
Shooting from the Lip: The Life of Senator Al Simpson 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Who Makes the Laws?: Creativity and Power in Senate Committees
Who Makes the Laws?: Creativity and Power in Senate Committees 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Strangers in the Senate: Politics and the New Revolution of Women in America
Strangers in the Senate: Politics and the New Revolution of Women in America 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress 4.21 avg rating — 2,286 ratings
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Howard Baker: Conciliator in an Age of Crisis
Howard Baker: Conciliator in an Age of Crisis 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress
Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress 4.05 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate
Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate 3.77 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress
Greasing the Wheels: Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress
Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Senate: Great Forum of Constitutional Liberty
The Senate: Great Forum of Constitutional Liberty 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Congress from the Inside: Observations from the Majority and the Minority
Congress from the Inside: Observations from the Majority and the Minority 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress
Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Watchdogs on the Hill: The Decline of Congressional Oversight of U.S. Foreign Relations
Watchdogs on the Hill: The Decline of Congressional Oversight of U.S. Foreign Relations 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Dirksen of Illinois: Senatorial Statesman
Dirksen of Illinois: Senatorial Statesman 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health-Care Law and What It Means For Us All (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health-Care Law and What It Means For Us All (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) 3.59 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Mr. Republican: A Biography Of Robert A. Taft
Mr. Republican: A Biography Of Robert A. Taft 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants 4.13 avg rating — 2,327 ratings
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An Introduction To Statutory Interpretation and the Legislative Process (Introduction to Law Series)
An Introduction To Statutory Interpretation and the Legislative Process (Introduction to Law Series) 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate
Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator From Georgia (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator From Georgia (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Press Gallery: Congress And The Washington Correspondents
Press Gallery: Congress And The Washington Correspondents 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Rivals For Power: Presidential Congressional Relations
Rivals For Power: Presidential Congressional Relations 3.63 avg rating — 46 ratings
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism 3.89 avg rating — 3,775 ratings