Required Readings/Viewing
Contemporary Congress, pp. 45 – 120
- Chapter 3, “The Changing Environment of Congress”
- Chapter 4, “Parties, Leaders, and Ideology in Congress”
- Chapter 5, “Presidential and Congressional Relations: Boundaries”
Congress Reconsidered, pp. 163-236.
- Chapter 6, Smith and Gamm, “The dynamics of party government in Congress”
- Chapter 7, Binder, “Legislating in polarized times”
- Chapter 8, Dodd and Schraufnagel, “Moderate polarization and policy productivity in Congress: Harding to Obama”
The Evolving Congress:
- Oleszek, “The evolving Congress: Overview and analysis of the modern era, pp. 3-60.
- Lynch and Oleszek, “Recent innovations in special rules in the House of Representatives, pp. 245-257.
Federal Budget – Additional Resources
U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO: Working for Good Government Since 1921.
H.R.7130 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 – P.L. 93-344.
Government Publishing Office. Budget of the United States Government.
Executive Office of the President
