Backdoor Lawmaking: Evading Obstacles in the Us Congress Ritchie Melinda N.
Civics textbooks focus on how Congress makes policy through the legislative process, but the reality is that members of Congress have limited opportunities to advance their policy priorities. Even the most tenacious legislators are confronted by bicameralism, partisan gridlock, c… Celý popis ↓
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Backdoor Lawmaking: Evading Obstacles in the Us Congress Ritchie Melinda N.
Civics textbooks focus on how Congress makes policy through the legislative process, but the reality is that members of Congress have limited opportunities to advance their policy priorities. Even the most tenacious legislators are confronted by bicameralism, partisan gridlock, chamber procedures, leadership's control of the agenda, and the diverse interests of 534 other members of Congress. In fact, less than five percent of the bills that are introduced in Congress become law.
Ritchie reveals how members of Congress use the federal bureaucracy as a backdoor for policymaking. What strategies do lawmakers have for navigating these challenges?In this book, Melinda N. Today, more law in the United States is made by unelected bureaucrats through federal agency regulations than with congressional statute.
Ritchie argues that the bureaucracy's growing role in policymaking offers
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