Author: Michigan. Legislature
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Michigan Legislative Directory
Author: Michigan. Legislature
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Michigan Legislative Directory
Author: Michigan. Legislature
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Michigan Court Rules
Author: Kelly Stephen Searl
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Category : Court rules
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category : Court rules
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Michigan Legislative Directory
Author: Michigan. Legislature
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory ...
Author: Michigan. Department of State
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory for the Years ...
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress
Author: Jonathan Lewallen
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472132067
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The public, journalists, and legislators themselves have often lamented a decline in congressional lawmaking in recent years, often blaming party politics for the lack of legislative output. In Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress, Jonathan Lewallen examines the decline in lawmaking from a new, committee-centered perspective. Lewallen tests his theory against other explanations such as partisanship and an increased demand for oversight with multiple empirical tests and traces shifts in policy activity by policy area using the Policy Agendas Project coding scheme. He finds that because party leaders have more control over the legislative agenda, committees have spent more of their time conducting oversight instead. Partisanship alone does not explain this trend; changes in institutional rules and practices that empowered party leaders have created more uncertainty for committees and contributed to a shift in their policy activities. The shift toward oversight at the committee level combined with party leader control over the voting agenda means that many members of Congress are effectively cut out of many of the institution’s policy decisions. At a time when many, including Congress itself, are considering changes to modernize the institution and keep up with a stronger executive branch, the findings here suggest that strengthening Congress will require more than running different candidates or providing additional resources.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472132067
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The public, journalists, and legislators themselves have often lamented a decline in congressional lawmaking in recent years, often blaming party politics for the lack of legislative output. In Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress, Jonathan Lewallen examines the decline in lawmaking from a new, committee-centered perspective. Lewallen tests his theory against other explanations such as partisanship and an increased demand for oversight with multiple empirical tests and traces shifts in policy activity by policy area using the Policy Agendas Project coding scheme. He finds that because party leaders have more control over the legislative agenda, committees have spent more of their time conducting oversight instead. Partisanship alone does not explain this trend; changes in institutional rules and practices that empowered party leaders have created more uncertainty for committees and contributed to a shift in their policy activities. The shift toward oversight at the committee level combined with party leader control over the voting agenda means that many members of Congress are effectively cut out of many of the institution’s policy decisions. At a time when many, including Congress itself, are considering changes to modernize the institution and keep up with a stronger executive branch, the findings here suggest that strengthening Congress will require more than running different candidates or providing additional resources.
Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas
Author: Robert Brischetto
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628954469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Inspired by a 1968 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights six-day hearing in San Antonio that introduced the Mexican American people to the rest of the nation, this book is an examination of the social change of Mexican Americans of Texas over the past half century. The San Antonio hearing included 1,502 pages of testimony, given by more than seventy witnesses, which became the baseline twenty experts used to launch their research on Mexican American civil rights issues during the following fifty years. These experts explored the changes in demographics and policies with regard to immigration, voting rights, education, employment, economic security, housing, health, and criminal justice. While there are a number of anecdotal historical accounts of Mexican Americans in Texas, this book adds an evidence-based examination of racial and ethnic inequalities and changes over the past half century. The contributors trace the litigation on behalf of Latinos and other minorities in state and federal courts and the legislative changes that followed, offering public policy recommendations for the future. The fact that this study is grounded in Texas is significant, as it was the birthplace of a majority of Chicano civil rights efforts and is at the heart of Mexican American growth and talent, producing the first Mexican American in Congress, the first Mexican American federal judge, and the first Mexican American candidate for president. As the largest ethnic group in the state, Latinos will continue to play a major role in the future of Texas.
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628954469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Inspired by a 1968 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights six-day hearing in San Antonio that introduced the Mexican American people to the rest of the nation, this book is an examination of the social change of Mexican Americans of Texas over the past half century. The San Antonio hearing included 1,502 pages of testimony, given by more than seventy witnesses, which became the baseline twenty experts used to launch their research on Mexican American civil rights issues during the following fifty years. These experts explored the changes in demographics and policies with regard to immigration, voting rights, education, employment, economic security, housing, health, and criminal justice. While there are a number of anecdotal historical accounts of Mexican Americans in Texas, this book adds an evidence-based examination of racial and ethnic inequalities and changes over the past half century. The contributors trace the litigation on behalf of Latinos and other minorities in state and federal courts and the legislative changes that followed, offering public policy recommendations for the future. The fact that this study is grounded in Texas is significant, as it was the birthplace of a majority of Chicano civil rights efforts and is at the heart of Mexican American growth and talent, producing the first Mexican American in Congress, the first Mexican American federal judge, and the first Mexican American candidate for president. As the largest ethnic group in the state, Latinos will continue to play a major role in the future of Texas.
Bridging the Information Gap
Author: Nils Ringe
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472118803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
By cutting across party and committee lines, legislative member organizations facilitate the flow of vital information
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472118803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
By cutting across party and committee lines, legislative member organizations facilitate the flow of vital information