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Title The broken branch : how Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track / Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein.
Author Mann, Thomas E.
Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Edition 2008 ed.
Description xiii, 298 p. ; 21 cm.
Series Institutions of American democracy
Note "Updated with new epilogue"--Cover.
"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."
"The Annenberg Public Policy."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-281) and index.
Contents The first branch of government : theory and practice -- The seeds of the contemporary problem, 1969-1994 -- A decade of Republican control -- Institutional decline -- The case of continuity -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: is the broken branch on the mend?
Subject United States. Congress.
United States. Congress -- Reform.
Added Author Ornstein, Norman J.
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
Annenberg Public Policy Center.
ISBN 9780195368710 : $14.95
0195368711 (pbk.)