TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Robert
TI  - Working congress: a guide for senators, representatives, and citizens 
T2  - Media and public affairs
SN  - 9780807157381
AV  - JK1726 .M37 2015eb
U1  - 328.73 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Baton Rouge
PB  - Louisiana State University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - fast
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Partisanship
KW  - Courtesy
KW  - Right and left (Political science)
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - Legislative Branch
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. What's the Problem with Congress?; 2. The Ascent of Bipartisanship to the Congressional Reform Agenda; 3. The Challenge of Bipartisanship A Historical Perspective; 4. Congress and Electoral Reform in the Early Twenty-First Century; 5. Can't We All Just Get Along? Civility and Bipartisanship in Congress; 6. Is Persuasion a Lost Art? How Members of Congress Can Stop Shouting and Start Persuading; Contributors
N2  - In 1964, as the polarizing Civil Rights Act made its way through the House and Senate, and Congress navigated one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, a Harris Poll put the institution's approval rating at 60 percent. Why then, fifty years later, has the public's approval of Congress eroded to an all-time low of 10 percent? Working Congress: A Guide for Senators, Representatives, and Citizens seeks to isolate the reasons for Congress's staggering decline in public opinion, and to propose remedies to reverse the grave dysfunction in America's most important political institution. Aid
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