The Young Oxford Companion to the Congress of the United States (Young Oxford Companions)
Description
More than 200 articles, conveniently arranged alphabetically, provide a concise and easy-to-use guide to the people, issues, vocabulary, and activities of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. With gavel-to-gavel coverage now available on any cable TV, students will welcome this informative and entertaining tour of our Congress and its procedures, historical origins, and 200-year evolution of modern legislative practices. Fully illustrated and using first-person observation excerpted from memoirs, oral histories, committee hearings, and debates in the Congressional Record, the entri...
ISBN(s)
0195077776, 9780195077773
