Unorthodox lawmaking : new legislative processes in the U.S. Congress

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Unorthodox lawmaking : new legislative processes in the U.S. Congress

Barbara Sinclair

Sage CQ Press, c2017

5th ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280) and index

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"Barbara Sinclair does an excellent job of showing how contemporary lawmaking departs from the traditional legislative process. I can't imagine teaching a course on Congress without this text-it's absolutely indispensable." -Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College Most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed "unorthodox lawmaking." In this much-anticipated Fifth Edition of Unorthodox Lawmaking, Sinclair explores the full range of special procedures and processes that make up Congress's work, as well as the reasons these unconventional routes evolved. The author introduces students to the intricacies of Congress and provides the tools to assess the relative successes and limitations of the legislative process. This dramatically revised Fifth Edition incorporates a wealth of new cases and examples to illustrate the changes occurring in congressional process. Two entirely new case study chapters highlight Sinclair's fresh analysis and the book is now introduced by a new foreword from noted scholar and teacher, Bruce I. Oppenheimer, reflecting on this book and Barbara Sinclair's significant mark on the study of Congress.

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Chapter 1: Clean Air: An Introduction to How the Legislative Process Has Changed A Note on Data Chapter 2: Multiple Paths: The Legislative Process in the House of Representatives Bill Introduction Bill Referral Postcommittee Adjustments Suspension of the Rules Special Rules On the Floor Unorthodox Lawmaking in the House Chapter 3: Routes and Obstacles: The Legislative Process in the Senate Bill Introduction Bill Referral Postcommittee Adjustments Scheduling Legislation for the Floor The Senate Floor Unorthodox Lawmaking in the Senate Chapter 4: Getting One Bill: Reconciling House-Senate Differences Traditional Nonconference Reconciliation Procedures Conference Committees The President in the Postpassage Legislative Process The Final Step Reconciling Differences: How Much Change? Chapter 5: Omnibus Legislation, the Budget Process, and Summits Omnibus Legislation Authorizations, Appropriations, and Earmarks The Budget Process Congress, the President, and Summitry What Is the Regular Process? Chapter 6: Why and How the Legislative Process Changed From Decentralization to Individualism in the Senate Reform and Its Legacy in the House Budget Reform A Hostile Political Climate as a Force for Innovation: The 1980s and Early 1990s How Internal Reform and a Hostile Climate Spawned Unorthodox Lawmaking Unorthodox Lawmaking in a Hyperpartisan Era Chapter 7: Making Nonincremental Policy Change through Hyperunorthodox Procedures: Health Care Reform in 2009-2010 The First Phase: Consultation and Drafting Building Winning Coalitions to Pass Health Care: Postcommittee and Floor Action A Long and Convoluted End Game Making Nonincremental Policy Change in a Partisan Era Chapter 8: High-Stakes Budget Politics: The 2013 Government Shutdown and the Ryan-Murray Deal Act One: The FY2014 Budget Resolutions Act Two: From Budget Resolution to the Ryan-Murray Deal Unorthodox Budget Politics Chapter 9: A Cross-Party Coalition Forces Policy Change: The USA Freedom Act House Action in the 114th Congress Senate Action in the 114th Congress Unorthodox Lawmaking and Forms of Bipartisanship Chapter 10: The Consequences of Unorthodox Lawmaking Lawmaking in the Contemporary Congress Unorthodox Lawmaking and Legislative Outcomes Other Costs and Benefits Assessing Unorthodox Lawmaking

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