eBook Title for Download :How Congress Works and Why You Should Care (Format : pdf , Language : English)
Plot :
From Publishers Weekly
Remember that "how a bill becomes law" charts in your high school civics class? It doesn't begin to describe the "messy" process that really operates in Congress, according to Hamilton, a former congressman from Indiana who was respected on both sides of the aisle. He offers a strong defense of the institution he served from 1965 to 1999. This basic primer details the history of Congress, its importance and some of the critical actions it has takenfrom the Tariff Act of 1790, which established duties on imported goods, to landmark laws of the 1960s, such as the Voting Rights Act and the bills that established Medicare and Medicaid. Hamilton also describes the "complicated and untidy" process by which Congress really works and why we "need more people who know how to practice the art of politics." Congress, he argues, acts "as the people's voice against unchecked power[;] it is the guarantor of liberty." The author is not uncritical of Congress, offering several suggestions as to how that body could improve itself. But here and elsewhere in the book, his suggestions and arguments fail to scratch much below the surface. It's hard to disagree with the statements that congressional discourse should be more civil and that citizens should be more active in politics, but Hamilton fails to address the causes of these and other problems. Still, in a cynical age, and a time of increasing presidential authority, it's encouraging to see a true, reasonable believer call for recognizing Congress as a necessary pillar of American democracy. Parents should send this primer off with their kids to college.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
"Lee Hamilton's new book... should be required reading for any American contemplating writing a 'Letter to the Editor' or calling into (or hosting) a radio talk show, or for that matter, stepping into a voting booth. It is an owner's manual for citizens interested in their Congress." -- Charlie Cook, Editor and Publisher, The Cook Political Report
"A passionate and eloquent defense of the essential role Congress plays in the American constitutional system and a reasoned call for citizens to engage more actively in their representative democracy. Like Hamilton himself, this volume is scrupulously honest, fair-minded, and accessible to a wide audience." -- Thomas Mann, W. Averell Harriman Senior Fellow in American Governance, The Brookings Institution
"Lee Hamilton's book not only describes the Madisonian vision of what Congress is supposed to be and assesses how it measures up to that vision today, it also serves the same function of educating and edifying the American public that the Federalist papers did.... Every student of Congress, and every American, can benefit from this book." -- Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
"Americans cannot be faulted for having a deeply jaundiced view of their Congress, says Hamilton (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars); he ought to know, because he served as a Representative for Indiana from 1965 to 1999. But he argues that people can and should fix it rather than give up on it completely." -- SciTech Book News, February 2010
edition.
Author(s) Book :Lee H. Hamilton
Publish Year :2004 Publisher : Indiana University Press
You can check by ISBN10/ISBN13 : 0253344255/9780253344250
Pages :168
Start the download How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
or press here : Download How Congress Works and Why You Should Care
All Book readable online or download on PDF and mor formats for PC PDA MAC IPAD mobile and more devices. Here Best Online Internet Library
You can download e-Books online
now on English, ebooks on French, Books on German, Books on Italian, Books on Spanish, Books on Other Languages. Also you can find AUDIO Books in mp3 formats
Keywords for this page :
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care pdf download
download How Congress Works and Why You Should Care free ebook
download How Congress Works and Why You Should Care ebook software
ebook viewer epub
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care ebook for nook
How Congress Works and Why You Should Care ebook for free
adobe How Congress Works and Why You Should Care book
pdf formats e-book
Other Book for download in CFM PDF DJVU Quality (audio in MP3 now):
Free the lacrimal system Book
Adobe Ergodic Concepts in Stellar Dynamics Book
Sports Biomechanics: The Basics: Optimising Human Performance Ebook To Nook
Book Online Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes Download
Download Mathematik mit Mathcad Ebook
Download Markets, Mobs, and Mayhem: A Modern Look at the Madness of Crowds Ebook
Ebook Panzerkampfwagen IV Medium Tank 1936-1945
Ebook Diagrammatics: lectures on selected problems in condensed matter theory Download
Ebook HPLC Made to Measure: A Practical Handbook for Optimization Download
Download Eden Ebook
Format Pdf Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis in Engineering and the Sciences Ebook
Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock and Beyond Book Download
Ebook Understanding Culture - Theory, Research and Application
Coherence in Thought and Action Book Download
Acrobat Scientific Progress: A Study Concerning the Nature of the Relation Between Successive Scientific T Ebook
The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age Pdf Download
Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education: Terms and Concepts Book Download
Book Online Programming Active Server Pages Download
Format Pdf Chess Sparks - Short and Bright Games of Chess Ebook