American Legislative Process, The: Congress and the States

by william-j-keefe-morris-s-ogul, Morris S. Ogul

This text describes and analyzes the American legislative process using a variety of perspectives and sources to encompass legal, behavioural, normative and historical dimensions. This edition has been updated to reflect evolving legislatures and to include the latest literature on the process.

Genres: Politics

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Ericka Clou · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this in graduate school for Legislative Affairs, and I think we focused on Keefe's chapters on the uniqueness and necessity of committee power in the American system of government. He also says that members support the system of committee power because the committees’ recommendations are consistent with members’ policy preferences and because the majority party controls the committee system. (Although, obviously, whether or not the members are divided ideologically on the committee’s issues determines whether or not there will be a lot of conflict in the committee.)