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The Congress of the United States : A Student Companion
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The Congress of the United States : A Student Companion Hardcover - 2006 - 3rd Edition

by Ritchie, Donald A

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  • Title The Congress of the United States : A Student Companion
  • Author Ritchie, Donald A
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 3rd
  • Edition 3
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-10-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 8220113-6
  • ISBN 9780195309249 / 0195309243
  • Weight 2.16 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.08 x 8.72 x 0.89 in (28.14 x 22.15 x 2.26 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006008472
  • Dewey Decimal Code 328.73

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From the publisher

This completely revised and updated third edition to the Young Oxford Companion to the Congress of the United States (1994) and The Congress of the United States: A Student Companion, second edition (2001) contains more than 200 articles, arranged alphabetically, that provide a concise and easy-to-use guide to the people, issues, vocabulary, and activities of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

In this third edition, there are new articles on four House and Senate leaders: Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. There are also five new articles on the Capitol Visitors Center, Homeland Security, Nuclear option, Recess appointments (including a chart of recent statistics), and Association of the Centers for Congressional Studies. There are updates to 24 articles: Advice and consent; African Americans in Congress; Appropriations; Campaign financing; Chisholm, Shirley; Commemoratives, Constituent services; Constitutional amendments; Daschle, Tom; Dress; Ethics; Filibuster; Hastert, Dennis; Hispanic Americans; Lott, Trent; Mansfield, Mike; Media coverage; Nominations; Reapportionment; Records of Congress; Reporters of Debate; Salaries; Voting; War Powers. Several of the tables are l also revised: Apportionment of the House of Representatives; Committees; Lame duck sessions; Longest serving members; Majority leaders; Vetoes; and the Congresses list in the appendix.

All of the back matter is thoroughly updated. Visiting Congress has information on new security procedures; Doing Research is expanded to include new books and a new section on websites. The bibliographies both at the back of the book and for each of the entries are thoroughly updated.

First line

AN ACT of Congress is a bill that has passed both the House and Senate and has been signed by the President or passed by a two-thirds vote of both houses over the President's veto.

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Citations

  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2007, Page 301
  • Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr, 01/01/2007, Page 139
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2007, Page 187

About the author

Donald A. Ritchie is Historian of the U.S. Senate. His books include Our Constitution; The Oxford Guide to the United States Government; Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents; Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps; and Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932.

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