Unorthodox Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress, 4th Edition
Despite what your students may have learned in Schoolhouse Rock, the textbook how-a-bill-becomes-a-law scenario is a rarity. As evidenced with health care reform legislation, most major measures wind their way through the contemporary Congress in what Barbara Sinclair has dubbed unorthodox lawmaking. Whatever path a bill takes whether considered by multiple committees or sub More »