Congressional Caucuses in National Policymaking

The names are familiar from the nightly news - the Democratic Study Group, the Boll Weevils, the Black Caucus. But what exactly are these groups, and what role do they play in congressional decision making? In Congressional Caucuses in National Policy Making Susan Webb Hammond describes and explains the roles, the activities, and the influence of the groups known on Capitol Hill as "caucuses." Defined as voluntary groups of members of Congress with shared interests, but standing outside the formal legislative and policy making structure, caucuses are prime players in influencing policy and setting the legislative agenda.

המשפט הראשון: In September 1959, a group of moderate-to-liberal Democrats in the House of Representatives, who were frustrated by conservative senior Democrats dominating the committee system, founded the Democratic Study Group.

שנה

1997

שפה

English

הוצאה

The Johns Hopkins University Press

מהדורות

2

עמודים

272

ISBN

9780801856822

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata