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Act of Congress : how America's essential institution works, and how it doesn't /

This is an account of how Congress today really works, and doesn't, that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most p...

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Main Authors: Kaiser, Robert G., 1943
Published: Alfred A. Knopf,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress
United States. > Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
USA. > Congress
Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act United States
2008 - 2009
Financial services industry > Law and legislation > United States
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Het Congres
Politisches Handeln
Politische Entscheidung
Financial services industry > Law and legislation
Verenigde Staten
United States
Summary: This is an account of how Congress today really works, and doesn't, that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken, as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest, so is our democracy. Here, the author, whose career at The Washington Post has made him a keen and knowledgeable observer of Congress, takes us behind the sound bites to expose the protocols, players, and politics of the
Item Description: "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: xxvi, 417 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-400) and index.
ISBN: 9780307700162 :
030770016X
Index Number: HG181
CLC: D971.222
Call Number: D971.222/K136
Contents: Principal organizations and institutions -- "I could hear everyone gulp" -- The man who wasn't gray -- What is to be done? -- An orgy of outrage -- A politician for life -- Back in the game -- "Downtown" takes the lead -- A rich variety of humanity -- Politics first -- An impotent minority -- Peddling influence -- "We've got an opportunity here" -- In the legislative weeds -- Making sausage -- Looking for a path -- The House acts -- Searching for consensus -- More tactical maneuvers -- On the Senate floor at last -- Staff warfare -- The Senate acts -- Conference committee -- Endgame -- Still

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