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 | A Good Southerner: The Life of Henry A. Wise of Virginia ISBN: 9781469616483 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Wise Henry A. (Henry Alexander) 1806–1876; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House -- Biography; Virginia -- Governors -- Biography; Diplomats -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election ISBN: 9780815713296 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2004; United States. Congress -- Elections 2004; Christianity and politics -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001–; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | A Mere Machine: The Supreme Court, Congress, and American Democracy ISBN: 9780300199192 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Supreme Court; Judicial power -- United States; Judicial independence -- United States; Separation of powers -- United States; Political questions and judicial power -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | A Woman's Place Is in the House: Campaigning for Congress in the Feminist Era ISBN: 9780472024247 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Women in politics -- United States; Women legislators -- United States; Electioneering -- United States; United States. Congress. House -- Elections; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945–1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989–; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Alben Barkley: A Life in Politics ISBN: 9780813167152 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kentucky Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Barkley Alben William 1877–1956; Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1901–1953; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Alger Hiss and the Battle for History ISBN: 9780300155846 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Hiss Alger; Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Espionage Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States. Dept. of State -- Officials and Employees -- Biography; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-Ameri; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Ambitious Politicians: The Implications of Career Ambition in Representative Democracy ISBN: 9780700624249 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kansas Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: European Parliament; Legislators -- Europe -- Attitudes; United States. Congress; Legislators -- United States -- Attitudes; Ambition; Representative government and representation -- Europe; Representative government and representation -- United States; C; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | America's Congress: Actions in the Public Sphere, James Madison Through Newt Gingrich ISBN: 9780300130027 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- History; Legislators -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Americans, Congress, and Democratic Responsiveness: Public Evaluations of Congress and Electoral Consequences ISBN: 9780472022137 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- Public opinion; United States. Congress -- Elections; Voting -- United States; Public opinion -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Apostle of Union: A Political Biography of Edward Everett ISBN: 9781469628622 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Everett Edward 1794–1865; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography; Governors -- Massachusetts -- Biography; United States. Congress -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783–1865; United St; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Ashbel P. Fitch: Champion of Old New York ISBN: 9780815651642 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Syracuse University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Fitch Ashbel P. (Ashbel Parmelee) 1848–1904; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- New York -- Biography; United States. Congress. House -- Biography; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | At the Margins: Presidential Leadership of Congress ISBN: 9780300157307 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Presidents -- United States; United States Congress; Political leadership -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only LeftHanded, Gay, Jewish Congressman ISBN: 9781613761748 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Massachusetts Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Frank Barney 1940–; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945–1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989–; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Black Faces in the Mirror: African Americans and Their Representatives in the U.S. Congress ISBN: 9780691186351 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: African Americans -- Politics and government; African Americans -- Attitudes; African Americans -- Statistics; African American legislators -- Public opinion; Legislators -- United States -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black ISBN: 9781611173383 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of South Carolina Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Clyburn James; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House -- Biography; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress ISBN: 9780823237401 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Fordham University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Drinan Robert F.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House -- Biography; Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1969–1974; United States -- Politics and government -- 1974–1977; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Candidates, Congress, and the American Democracy ISBN: 9780472022618 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Political participation -- United States; Political culture -- United States; Politics Practical -- United States; Electioneering -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Challenging Inclusive Education Policy and Practice in Africa ISBN: 9789004391505 Platform/Publisher: BRILL / BRILL Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Congress.; United States.; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Changing Cultures in Congress: From Fair Play to Power Plays ISBN: 9780231548748 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress. House -- Rules and practice; United States. Congress. House -- Elections; Parliamentary practice -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward ISBN: 9780803205529 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Nebraska Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Hagel Charles Timothy 1946–; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Claude A. Swanson of Virginia: A Political Biography ISBN: 9780813162959 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kentucky Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Swanson Claude Augustus 1862-1939; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress -- Biography; Virginia -- Governors -- Biography; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Clear It with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service ISBN: 9780252051289 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Yates Sidney Richard 1909–2000; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945–1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989–1993; United States -- Politi; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Comparative Federalism and Intergovernmental Agreements: Analyzing Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States ISBN: 9781315765167 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Social Science Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Comparative Politics; European Politics; Government; Political Theory; Public Administration & Management; Regulatory Policy; U.S. Politics; German Politics; Governance; Local Government; Political Institutions; Political Parties; Federalism; Congress; State Politics; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Concordance: Black Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama ISBN: 9780472029563 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: African American legislators -- History; African Americans -- Politics and government; United States -- Politics and government; United States. Congress -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress and Civil-Military Relations ISBN: 9781626161818 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Georgetown University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Civil-military relations -- United States; United States. Congress; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress and the Bureaucracy: A Theory of Influence ISBN: 9780300160758 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Government spending policy -- United States; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management; Public administration -- Decision making; United States. Congress; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s ISBN: 9780821443996 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Ohio University Press Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Sectionalism (United States); Slavery; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Slavery; Slavery; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress on Display, Congress at Work ISBN: 9780472026906 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability ISBN: 9781400849581 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Press and politics -- United States; United States. Congress -- Press coverage -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment, Revised Edition ISBN: 9780300161816 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress; Administrative agencies -- United States; Representative government and representation -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congress: Protecting Individual Rights ISBN: 9780700622122 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kansas Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- Powers and duties; Civil rights -- United States -- History; Separation of powers -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congressional Ambivalence: The Political Burdens of Constitutional Authority ISBN: 9780813173764 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kentucky Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress; United States. Congress -- Powers and duties; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congressional Committee Chairmen: Three Who Made an Evolution ISBN: 9780813159058 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kentucky Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor -- History; Barden Graham Arthur 1896-1967; Powell Adam Clayton 1908-1984; Perkins Carl Dewey 1912-1984; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House. Comm; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Congressional Communication: Content and Consequences ISBN: 9780472023745 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- Constituent communication; Communication in politics -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Conversations with Abner Mikva: Final Reflections on Chicago Politics, Democracy’s Future, and a Life of Public Service ISBN: 9780700627394 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kansas Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Mikva Abner J.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Judges -- United States -- Biography; United States. Congress. House of Representatives -- Biography; Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives -- Biography; Legislators -- Illinois --; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Corwin on the Constitution: The Foundations of American Constitutional and Political Thought, the Powers of Congress, and the President's Power of Removal ISBN: 9781501741722 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Cornell University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- Constitutional history; United States. Congress -- Powers and duties; Political science -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Democracy’s Privileged Few: Legislative Privilege and Democratic Norms in the British and American Constitutions ISBN: 9780300134896 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- Privileges and immunities; Constitutional law -- United States; Great Britain. Parliament -- Privileges and immunities; Constitutional law -- Great Britain; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Democratic Commitments: Legislatures and International Cooperation ISBN: 9781400823703 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Legislative bodies; International cooperation; Legislative bodies -- European Union countries; United States. Congress; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress ISBN: 9781400824250 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- History; Organizational change -- United States -- History; Legislators -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment ISBN: 9781400852680 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate -- Elections; United States -- Politics and government; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Electoral Incentives in Congress ISBN: 9780472123759 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress -- History -- 19th century; United States. Congress -- Elections; Legislators -- United States -- History -- 19th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate ISBN: 9780815729976 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate -- Freedom of debate; Filibusters (Political science) -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government ISBN: 9781400845460 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States. Congress. House -- Speakers -- History; Political parties -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Financing the 2000 Election ISBN: 9780815798163 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Campaign funds -- United States; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2000 -- Finance; United States. Congress -- Elections 2000 -- Finance; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993–2001; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Financing the 2004 Election ISBN: 9780815754404 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Campaign funds -- United States; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2004 -- Finance; United States. Congress -- Elections 2004 -- Finance; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001–; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Financing the 2008 Election: Assessing Reform ISBN: 9780815704621 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Campaign funds -- United States; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008 -- Finance; United States. Congress -- Elections 2008 -- Finance; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001–2009; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Financing the 2012 Election ISBN: 9780815725626 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012 -- Finance; United States. Congress -- Elections 2012 -- Finance; Campaign funds -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Foreign Policy and Congress: An International Relations Perspective ISBN: 9780472026944 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993–; United States. Congress -- Decision making; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Friends and Foes: How Congress and the President Really Make Foreign Policy ISBN: 9780815798965 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations administration; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993 -- Decision making; United States. Congress -- Powers and duties; Executive power -- United States; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | From Inclusion to Influence: Latino Representation in Congress and Latino Political Incorporation in America ISBN: 9780472122585 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Hispanic American legislators; United States. Congress; Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government; ■ Detailed Information |