how Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track /
Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006
xiii, 272 p. ;
22 cm
Institutions of American democracy
"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."
"The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-255) and index
Introduction -- 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
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"Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a much-needed blueprint for change, from two experts who understand politics and revere our institutions, but believe that Congress has become deeply dysfunctional."--Jacket