House and Senate - Softcover

Baker, Ross K.

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ISBN 10: 0393976114 ISBN 13: 9780393976113

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

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The first comprehensive and systematic comparison of the two houses of the U. S. Congress, House and Senate has long been a success in both Congress and American Government courses.

In the new Third Edition, Ross Baker once again uses his unique approach―interviews with senators who were formerly members of the House, as well as with journalists, lobbyists, and staff members―to paint a clear and colorful portrait of the two houses, which remain distinct, and often antagonistic, partners. House and Senate allows students to peek into the hidden corners of Capitol Hill and offers a fascinating insider’s view of the two chambers.

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About the Author:

Ross K. Baker is a Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. He is also a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and Newsday and a frequent contributor to other popular and professional periodicals.

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This is an informative and clearly written portrait of America's unique bicameral legislature. Baker, a political scientist and author of Friend and Foe in the U.S. Senate ( LJ 4/1/80), weaves into his text parts of numerous interviews he conducted with legislators, journalists, and lobbyists. He paints a complex picture of an adversarial House of Representatives struggling to satisfy the majority interests of its constituents and a consensus-seeking, compromising Senate focused on the so-called "national interest." He shows how each body is affected by size, length of term, history, constitutional limits, lobbyists, and journalists, and how they can be viewed as a microcosm of the American system of checks and balances. An unusually accessible synthesis of a topic that is of interest to general readers and students alike.
- Jack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San Diego
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