Cover image for Congress A to Z / David R. Tarr, Ann O'Connor, editors.
Title:
Congress A to Z / David R. Tarr, Ann O'Connor, editors.
ISBN:
9781568028002
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
xiv, 605 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Abscam Scandal -- Adams, John Quincy -- Adjournment -- Aging Committee, Senate -- Agriculture Committee, House -- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senate -- Albert, Carl B. -- Aldrich, Nelson W. -- Allison, William B. -- Amendments -- Anthrax Attack -- Appeal -- Appointment Power -- Appropriations Bills -- Appropriations Committee, House -- Appropriations Committee, Senate -- Armed Services Committee, House -- Armed Services Committee, Senate -- Authorization Bills -- Baker, Howard H., Jr. -- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Senate -- Barkley, Alben W. -- Bells, Legislative -- Benton, Thomas Hart -- Beveridge, Albert J. -- Blacks in Congress -- Blaine, James G. -- Bolling, Richard -- Borah, William E. -- Budget Committee, House -- Budget Committee, Senate -- Budget Process -- Budget Terms -- Byrd, Robert C. -- Calendar -- Calendar Wednesday -- Calhoun, John C. -- Campaign Financing -- Cannon, Clarence -- Cannon, Joseph G. -- Capitol Building -- Capitol Hill -- Caucuses, Party -- Caucuses, Special -- Chaplain -- Cheney, Richard B. -- Christmas Tree Bill -- Clark, James B. "Champ" -- Clay, Henry -- Clerk of the House -- Clinton Impeachment Trial -- Cloakrooms -- Commerce power -- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Senate -- Committee of the Whole -- Committee System -- Computers in Congress -- Conference Committees -- Congressional Budget Office -- Congressional Directory -- Congressional Record -- Conkling, Roscoe -- Connally, Tom -- Conservative Coalition -- Constitutional Amendments -- Contempt of Congress -- Continuing Resolution -- Courts and Congress -- Daschle, Tom -- Debt Limit -- Delegates -- Direct Election of Senators -- Dirksen, Everett -- Discharge a Committee -- Disciplining Members -- District of Columbia and Congress -- Dole, Robert -- Douglas, Stephan A. -- Economic Committee, Joint -- Education and the Workforce Committee, House -- Electing the President -- Enacting Clause -- Energy and Commerce Committee, House -- Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senate -- Engrossed Bill -- Entitlements -- Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate -- Ervin, Sam J., Jr. -- Ethics -- Ethics Committee, Senate Select -- Executive Branch and Congress -- Executive Privilege -- Executive Session -- Extensions of Remarks -- Federal Register -- Filibuster -- Finance Committee, Senate -- Financial Disclosure -- Financial Services Committee, House -- Fiscal Year -- Floor Manager -- Foley, Thomas S. -- Ford, Gerald R. -- Foreign Relations Committee, Senate -- Foreign Travel -- Former Members of Congress -- Franklin Privilege -- Frist, Bill -- Fulbright, J. William -- General Accounting Office -- Gephardt, Richard A. -- Gerrymandering -- Gingrich, Newt -- Glenn, John -- Gore, Al -- Governmental Affairs Committee, Senate -- Government Printing Office -- Government Reform Committee, House -- Great Society -- Hart, Philip A. -- Hastert, J. Dennis -- Hayden, Carl -- Hayne, Robert Y. -- Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senate -- Hispanics in Congress -- Historic Milestones -- Holds -- Homeland Security Committee, House Select -- House Administration Committee -- House Administrator -- House Bank and Post Office Scandals -- House Manual -- House of Representatives -- Humphrey, Hubert H. -- Immunity, Congressional -- Impeachment Power -- Impoundment of Funds -- Indian Affairs Committee, Senate -- Intelligence Committees, House and Senate Select -- International Relations Committee, House -- Investigations -- Iran-Contra Affair -- Jefferson's Manual -- Jeffords, James M. -- Johnson, Hiram -- Johnson, Lyndon B. -- Johnson Impeachment Trial -- Joint Session -- Judiciary Committee, House -- Judiciary Committee, Senate -- Jurisdiction -- Keating Five Scandal -- Kefauver, Estes -- Kennedy, Edward M. -- Kennedy, John F. -- La Follette, Robert M., Sr. -- Lame-Duck Amendment -- Lame-Duck Session -- Laws -- Leadership -- Legislation -- Legislation Declared Unconstitutional -- Legislative Day -- Legislative Process -- Legislative Veto -- Library Committee, Joint -- Library of Congress -- Lobbying -- Lodge, Henry Cabot -- Logrolling -- Long, Huey P. -- Long, Russell B. -- Longworth, Nicholas -- Lott, Trent -- McCarthy, Joseph R. -- McCormack, John W. -- Mace, House -- Madison, James -- Mansfield, Mike -- Martin, Joseph W., Jr. -- Members of Congress: Characteristics -- Members: Service Records -- Michel, Robert H. -- Mills, Wilbur D. -- Mitchell, George J. -- Morning Hour -- Motions -- Natcher, William H. -- New Deal -- Nixon, Richard -- Nixon Impeachment Effort -- Norris, George W. -- Oath of Office -- Omnibus Bills -- O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. -- Oversight Power -- Pages -- Parliamentarian -- Parties, Political -- Patronage -- Pay and Perquisites -- Pelosi, Nancy -- Petition -- Point of Order -- Political Action Committees (PACs) -- Pork-Barrel Politics -- Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. -- Presidential Disability and Succession -- President Pro Tempore -- Presidents Who Served in Congress -- Presiding Officer -- Press and Congress -- Previous Question -- Printing Committee, Joint -- Privilege -- Progressive Era -- Purse, Power of -- Quorum -- Randolph, John -- Rankin, Jeannette -- Rayburn, Sam -- Readings of Bills -- Reapportionment and Redistricting -- Recommittal Motion -- Reconsider, Motion to -- Reconstruction Era -- Reed, Thomas Brackett -- Reform, Congressional -- Regional Whips -- Removal Power -- Resources Committee, House -- Rider -- Rule for House Debate -- Rules and Administration Committee, Senate -- Rules Committee, House -- Russell, Richard B. -- Science Committee, House -- Seating Disputes -- Secretary of the Senate -- Security: Capitol Building -- Senate -- Senate Manual -- Senatorial Courtesy -- Seniority System -- Separation of Powers -- Sergeant-at-Arms -- Sherman, John -- Small Business Committees, House and Senate -- Smith, Howard W. -- Smith, Margaret Chase -- Speaker of the House -- Special Orders -- Staff -- Standards of Official Conduct Committee, House -- State of the Union -- States and Congress -- Stennis, John C. -- Stevens, Thaddeus -- Structure and Powers -- Subpoena Power -- Substitute -- Sumner, Charles -- Supreme Court -- Suspension of the Rules -- Table, Motion to -- Taft, Robert A. -- Taxation Committee, Joint -- Teapot Dome -- Television -- Terms and Sessions of Congress -- Thurmond, Strom -- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, House -- Treaty-Making Power -- Truman, Harry S. -- Unanimous Consent -- Unanimous Consent Agreement -- Underwood, Oscar W. -- Vandenberg, Arthur H. -- Veterans' Affairs Committees, House and Senate -- Vetoes -- Vice President -- Voters and Congress -- Voting in Congress -- War Powers -- Watergate Scandal -- Ways and Means Committee, House -- Webster, Daniel -- Whitten, Jamie L. -- Women in Congress -- Women's Suffrage -- Wright, Jim -- Yielding -- Youth Franchise.
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ocm52539881
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