Can Congress be Fixed and is it Broken?: Five Essays on Congressional Reform
by Peter Robinson
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In February 1994, the Hoover Institution held a conference on Congress, inviting more than two dozen scholars, journalists, and members of Congress to participate in an array of panel discussions. The conference asked, in effect, Is Congress working as it should? If no, how should Congress be reformed? Throughout these panel discussions, five writers noted the principal arguments put forward in each of the panel discussions, then composed essays on particular issues, drawing conclusions from show more the arguments and presenting their own views. An introduction provides a straightforward description of the conference. In commissioning these essays, the Hoover Institution was engaging in an experiment. The institution hoped that the essays would represent not only a record of the conference but also a provocative contribution to the debate on congressional reform. show lessTags
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Peter Robinson was a speechwriter in the Reagan White House from 1982 to 1988. Among his work was the celebrated "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech, which Reagan delivered in Berlin in 1987. A fellow at the Hoover Institution, Robinson hosts the PBS television program Uncommon Knowledge and is the author of two previous books. He also show more serves as a senior director of the White House Writers Group. Robinson lives in northern California with his wife and five children show less
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- 328.73 — Society, government, & culture Political science U.S. Congress - Legislation & Legislative Process North America United States
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- JK1061 .C36 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Government. Public administration Congress. Legislative branch
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