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Title: STRENGTHENING CONGRESS
By: Lee H. Hamilton
Format: Book

List price: £11.99


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ISBN 10: 025322165X
ISBN 13: 9780253221650
Publisher: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 1 August, 2009
Pages: 144
Description: Argues that America needs a stronger Congress and a more engaged citizenry in order to ensure responsive and effective democracy. This book explains how Congress has drifted away from the role envisioned for it in the Constitution as a body whose power and influence would be preeminent in the American system of government.
Synopsis: With the benefit of an insider's perspective, distinguished former congressman Lee H. Hamilton argues that America needs a stronger Congress and a more engaged citizenry in order to ensure responsive and effective democracy. Hamilton explains how Congress has drifted away from the role envisioned for it in the Constitution as a body whose power and influence would be preeminent in the American system of government. He details the steps that Congress should take to re-establish its parity with the executive branch and become an institution that works reliably and effectively for the betterment of the nation-reinforce congressional oversight, restore the deliberative process, curb the influence of lobbyists, and reduce excessive partisanship. Concurrently, Hamilton calls upon Americans to take more seriously their obligations and responsibilities as citizens and engage with the critical issues facing their communities and the nation.
Publication: US
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Prizes: Winner of 2010 AAUP Public and Secondary School Library Selection.
Returns: Returnable
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