TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sinclair,Barbara
TI  - Unorthodox lawmaking: new legislative processes in the U.S. Congress 
SN  - 9780872893061 (alk. paper)
AV  - KF4945 S58 2007
U1  - 328.73/077 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - CQ Press
KW  - Legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index; Clean air : an introduction to how the legislative process has changed -- Multiple paths : the legislative process in the House of Representatives -- Routes and obstacles : the legislative process in the Senate -- Getting one bill : reconciling House-Senate differences -- Omnibus legislation, the budget process, and summits -- Why and how the legislative process changed -- The 2005 energy bill : about as orthodox as it gets -- Medicare/prescription drug legislation : making sweeping policy change in a highly partisan environment -- Medical malpractice caps : Senate rules and unorthodox lawmaking-or not -- The budget process as an instrument for policy change : Clinton's economic program -- Republican majorities, divided government, and budget politics -- The Republican tax-cutting agenda and the budget process : the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 -- The consequences of unorthodox lawmaking
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007716.html
ER  -