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1	Congress and Its Members more books like this by Professor Roger H Davidson add to wishlist This guide is designed to help readers make sense of the complex legislative branch of the United States government. This edition examines the growing partisanship on the Hill, Congress' shifting relationship with the President, and the continuing centrality of fiscal issues. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall more books like this by Catherine Marshall add to wishlist As Catherine Marshall skillfully unfolds the story of her husband's life--"the story that had to be told"--the reader is captivated by the drama and triumph of the young Scottish immigrant who made his way from the heather swept hills of his homeland to the chaplaincy of the United States Senate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Senator Joe McCarthy more books like this by Richard Halworth Rovere add to wishlist This text documents the process by which Senator Joe McCarthy, a clever, power-hungry individual, came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Politics of Congressional Elections more books like this by Gary C Jacobson add to wishlist Brought completely up-to-date with the latest data from the National Election Study and the Federal Election Commission, and including coverage and analysis of the dramatic 2006 midterm elections, this seminal work continues to offer a systematic account of what goes on in congressional elections and demonstrates how electoral politics reflect and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy more books like this by C. David Heymann add to wishlist First published in 1998, Heymann examines the private man with the incredible Kennedy libido and the public figure, fighting for political power. Full of shocking revelations about the stars and political players of the 1950/60s, this biography is not only of Bobby Kennedy, but of the whole clan and the most fascinating era of American history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Inside Congress: The Shocking Scandals, Corruption, and Abuse of Power Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill more books like this by Ronald Kessler add to wishlist Uses interviews with insiders to reveal the inner workings of the Congress and the behavior of congressional members. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The logic of Congressional action more books like this by R Douglas Arnold add to wishlist Congress regularly enacts laws that benefit particular groups or localities while imposing costs on everyone else. Sometimes, however, Congress breaks free of such parochial concerns and enacts bills that serve the general public, not just special interest groups. In this book, the author offers a theory that explains not only why special interest ... see all copies from $11.92! new only from $23.34! \| SVS
8	Congressional Procedures & the Policy Process more books like this by Walter J. Oleszek add to wishlist Veteran Hill observer Walter J. Oleszek discusses the organizational and political environment of the contemporary Congress and how its rules shape domestic and foreign policy. This book is the definitive work on congressional lawmaking today, providing a detailed look into the interplay of rules, procedures, precedents, and strategies, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Congress Reconsidered more books like this by Lawrence C Dodd add to wishlist A collection of 18 essays by scholars, offering a perspective on change in the modern Congress. This sixth edition provides an assessment of the Republican revolution, its electoral aftermath in 1996, and the prospects for a long-term Republican congressional dominance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Home Style: House Members in Their Districts more books like this by Richard F Fenno, Jr. add to wishlist Reissued as part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, Fenno's landmark study of eighteen members of Congress in their districts features a new Foreword by John Hibbing. Home Style, which won the 1979 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award and the 1980 D.B. Hardeman prize, has been re-issued in a "Longman Classics" Edition and features a ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $54.22! \| SVS
11 view cover	American Congress more books like this by Steven S Smith add to wishlist The American Congress provides the most insightful, up-to-date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text. Informed by the authors' Capitol Hill experience and nationally-recognized scholarship, The American Congress presents a crisp introduction to all major features of Congress: its party and committee systems, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.18! \| SVS
12 view cover	Ruling Class: Inside the Imperial Congress more books like this by Eric Felten add to wishlist Go buy and read Mr. Felten's book, which is pithy, well-written and more certain than a Stephen King novel to keep you awake at night. --The Washington Times see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Dance of Legislation more books like this by Eric Redman add to wishlist "The Dance of Legislation" has long been considered a classic description of the legislative process. In it, Eric Redman draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson's staff to trace the drafting and passing of a piece of legislation - S.4106, the National Health Service Bill - with all the maneuvers, plots, counter plots, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	House and Senate more books like this by Ross K Baker add to wishlist Drawing on interviews with United States senators who previously served in the House of Representatives as well as journalists and staff members, this volume provides a portrait of the two American Houses of Congress. It describes the important distinctions that separate the House and the Senate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.61! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The enemy within. more books like this by Robert F. Kennedy add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Congress: The Electoral Connection more books like this by Professor David R Mayhew add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.66! \| SVS
17	The Ambition and the Power more books like this by John M Barry add to wishlist At the peak of his career, Speaker of the House Jim Wright exercised more power than any other member of Congress in this century. Then, he became the first Speaker of the House to be forced from office. Here, Barry traces the polit ical and legal maneuvering, the deals, personal grudges, and professional "favors" through which our public policy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Almanac of American Politics: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts more books like this by Michael Barone, Richard E Cohen add to wishlist The results of the 2008 presidential election were extraordinary, marking the beginning of a new period in American political history. Democrat Barack Obama became the first African American president of the United States, claiming a decisive victory over Republican John McCain. His fellow Democrats, meanwhile, established a robust majority in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $80.94! \| SVS
19 view cover	Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography more books like this by John A Farrell add to wishlist To read this biography of Thomas Philip "Tip" O'Neill is to take a walk through the greatest moments of post-World War II American politics; its most colourful characters, its grandest triumphs, its most bitter ideological wars crises. Tip saw everything from the Melting Pot to Vietnam to Reaganomics, and was no mere bystander to the turmoil of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	Robert F. Kennedy: His Time more books like this by Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. add to wishlist This portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and long-time Kennedy family confidante, traces the life of Robert F. Kennedy and includes his role as brother and advisor to President John F. Kennedy, his achievements as U.S. senator, and Kennedy's own personal quest as advocate for many liberal causes of the '60s. It also provides a ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Last Brother: The Rise and Fall of Teddy Kennedy more books like this by Joe McGinniss add to wishlist Personally acquainted and sympathetic with his subject, the author of The Selling of the President, among other works, brings to startling life the childhood, brief triumph, and long downward slide of Ted Kennedy--a man at war with himself, doomed to live in the giant shadow of his brothers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill with Novak more books like this by Thomas P O'Neill, Tip O'Neill add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	Fishbait: The Memoirs of the Congressional Doorkeeper more books like this by William Miller, Frances S Leighton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	Restoration: Congress, Term Limits, and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy more books like this by George F Will add to wishlist The noted conservative commentator argues in favor of term limits for elected officials and offers it as perhaps the best hope for reform. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee more books like this by Davy Crockett, Paul Andrew Hutton (Introduction by) add to wishlist 'One of the primary social documents of America...[a] 'classic in homespun' -J . Frank Dobie, "Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest". 'Davy Crockett was, in essence, a nineteenth-century celebrity - perhaps the first American to make a living portraying his own fanciful image...He is that rarest of American icons: a legendary hero who ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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