Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making

This book argues that, despite the scholarly emphasis on 20th-century congressional history, it is necessary to study the nation's first 150 years in order to understand more fully the evolution and functioning of the modern Congressa time when parties emerged, developed, realigned, and dissapeared; Congressional standing rules changed; the workload of Congress increased dramatically; and both houses grew greatly in size.Brady, David W. is the author of 'Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making' with ISBN 9780804718400 and ISBN 0804718407.