Congress, United States 

"Since its first edition, Congress Reconsidered was designed to make available the best contemporary work from leading congressional scholars in a form that is both challenging and accessible to undergraduates. For almost four decades, Dodd and Oppenheimer have delivered on this goal. With their twelfth edition, this tradition continues as contributing authors focus on how various aspects of Congress have changed over time. Lawrence Evans and Wendy Schiller discuss the U.S. Senate and the meaning of dysfunction, Molly E. Reynolds analyzes the politics of the budget and appropriations process in a polarized Congress, and Danielle M. Thomsen looks at the role of women and voter preferences in the 2018 elections. Simply put, this bestselling volume remains on the cutting edge with key insights into the workings of Congress"-- Provided by publisher. 

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Includes bibliographical references.

The U.S. Senate and the meaning of dysfunction / C. Lawrence Evans and Wendy J. Schiller -- Lending and reclaiming power : majority leadership in the House from the 1950s to Trump / John H. Aldrich and David W. Rohde -- Voters, candidates, parties, and issues in Congressional elections / Robert S. Erikson and Gerald C. Wright -- Partisanship, money, and competition : elections and the transformation of Congress since the 1970s / Gary C. Jacobson -- Women running, women winning : voter pPreferences in 2018 / Danielle M. Thomsen -- Black-Latino relations in Congress : examining institutional context and inter-minority group relations further / Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs -- The dynamics of party government in Congress / Steven S. Smith and Gerald Gamm -- House parties, divided : intraparty organization in the contemporary Congress / Ruth Bloch Rubin -- The struggle to legislate in polarized times / Sarah Binder -- The war over judges in the Senate / Gregory Koger -- Enduring continuities in Congressional lawmaking / James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee -- Legislative styles and the dynamics of Congressional behavior / Tracy Sulkin -- The politics of the budget and appropriations process in a polarized Congress / Molly E. Reynolds -- Party, ideology, and legislative effectiveness in the U.S. Senate / Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman -- Congressional investigations in a polarized era or has polarization (and Trump?) broken the investigative check / Douglas L. Kriner and Eric Schickler -- How Congressional polarization is transforming the separation of powers / Nolan McCarty -- The 2020 Congressional elections in a time of Covid-19, economic turmoil, and Trump / Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheim.