Congress, the first branch of government : Twelve studies of the organization of Congress conducted under the auspices of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research / Edited by Alfred de Grazia. - Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books, 1967. - 477 p. ; 19 cm.

Abridged ed. of Twelve studies of the organization of Congress, first published in 1966.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Toward a new model of Congress, by A. de Grazia.--Legislative oversight, by C. P. Cotter.--"Check and balance" today, by L. A. Dexter.--Toward a radical incrementalism, by A. Wildavsky.--Availability of information for congressional operations, by C. R. Dechert.--The committees in a revitalized Congress, by H. Eulau.--Decision making in Congress, by J. A. Robinson.--Congressional liaison, by E. de Grazia.--The service function of the United States Congress, by K. G. Olson.--Congress and the executive, by R. H. Davidson.--Information systems for Congress, by K. Janda.--Congress, 1989, by A. de Grazia.--47 propositions for the strengthening and stabilization of Congress, advanced by A. de Grazia.


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