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03876aam a2200409 i 4500 001 6D536228D2E211EE84426D1826ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240224010028 008 221221s2023 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022053732 020 $a 0197657877 020 $a 9780197657874 035 $a (OCoLC)1346848174 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d HTM $d MBT $d MNN $d TOH $d YDX $d VP@ $d YUS $d P$H $d JYJ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1021 $b .W34 2023 082 00 $a 328.73 $2 23/eng/20230123 100 1 $a Wallach, Philip A., $e author. 245 10 $a Why Congress / $c Philip A. Wallach. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 322 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "To achieve legitimate self-government in America's extended Republic, the U.S. Constitution depends on Congress harmonizing the country's factions through a process of conflict and accommodation. Why Congress demonstrates the value of this activity by showing the legislature's distinctive contributions in two crucial moments in the mid-twentieth century: during World War II, when congressional deliberation contributed to national cohesion by balancing interests and ensuring fairness, and during the push to end racial segregation, when a prolonged debate in Congress focused the nation's attention and delivered a decisive victory for the broad coalition united around civil rights. The second part of the book traces the evolution of Congress, which first experimented with radical decentralization in the 1970s and then, beginning in the 1980s, embraced powerful leadership and ideological caucuses that prioritized partisan unity and electoral confrontation. This transformed institution has been unable to work through the country's deep divisions on contemporary issues like immigration or the COVID-19 pandemic. Contemporary policymaking often circumvents Congress entirely. In other instances, Congress is engaged, but it proceeds without any bipartisan cooperation or through leader-broken compromises generated by crises. Each of these patterns creates serious difficulties for legitimating American policy. The book concludes with three scenarios for Congress's future. Without significant change, the institution will sink into decrepitude. But it could still be transformed, either by progressive constitutional reform empowering the president at the legislature's expense, or by a revival of meaningful deliberation and debate facilitated by the renewal of the committee system"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-308) and index. 505 0 $a What Congress Alone Can Do -- Part 1. When Congress Worked. Congress and World War II -- The Achievement of Civil Rights -- Part 2. Congress Transformed. Cacophony: The Reforms of the 1970s -- Conservatives against Congress -- The Triumph of Partisan Posturing over Politics -- Part 3. The Costs of a Failing Congress. Failing to Compromise on Immigration -- Congress and COVID -- Part 4. Three Futures for Congress. Decrepitude -- Rubber Stamp -- Revival -- Postscript: An Open Letter to America's Legislators. 610 10 $a United States. $b Congress. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General. $2 bisacsh 610 17 $a United States. $b Congress $2 fast 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wallach, Philip A. $t Why Congress $b First Edition. $d New York : Oxford University Press, [2023] $z 9780197657898 $w (DLC) 2022053733 941 $a 1 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240224011001.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6D536228D2E211EE84426D1826ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search