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The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
by Mann, Thomas E., and Ornstein, Norman J
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- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 0195174461
- ISBN 13
- 9780195174465
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 272, notes, index. Inscribed by the co-author (Ornstein). The authors highlight the dramatic shift in Congress from a highly decentralized, committee-based institution into a much more centralized one in which party increasingly trumps committee. Strong majority leadership in Congress has led to a general passivity in the face of executive power.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54738
- Title
- The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
- Author
- Mann, Thomas E., and Ornstein, Norman J
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0195174461
- ISBN 13
- 9780195174465
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- U.S. Congress, Politics & Govt., Political Science, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Dennis Hastert, Fillibuster, Inscribed
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