The Broken Branch
The Broken Branch

Author: Thomas E. Mann

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0195368711

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Two nationally renowned congressional scholars review the evolution of Congress from the early days of the republic to 2006, arguing that extreme partisanship and a disregard for institutional procedures are responsible for the institution's current state of dysfunction.

Eyes on Spies
Eyes on Spies

Author: Amy B. Zegart

Publisher: Hoover Press

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 081791286X

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Amy Zegart examines the weaknesses of US intelligence oversight and why those deficiencies have persisted, despite the unprecedented importance of intelligence in today's environment. She argues that many of the biggest oversight problems lie with Congress—the institution, not the parties or personalities—showing how Congress has collectively and persistently tied its own hands in overseeing intelligence.

Checks in the Balance
Checks in the Balance

Author: Alexander Bolton

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0691224617

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Executive power in the shadow of legislative capacity -- Legislative capacity, executive action, and separation of powers -- 'Outmanned and outgunned' : the historical development of congressional capacity -- Pulling the purse strings : legislative capacity and discretion -- Continuous watchfulness? legislative capacity and oversight -- Presidential unilateral policy making -- Unilateral policy making in the U.S. states -- The future of legislative capacity.

The Constitution in Congress
The Constitution in Congress

Author: David P. Currie

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1997-05-15

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780226131146

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Thus the First Congress left us a rich legacy of arguments over the meaning of a variety of constitutional provisions, and the quality of those arguments was impressively high.