Vital Statistics on Congress

Vital Statistics on Congress

Author: Norman J. Ornstein

Publisher: American Enterprise Institute

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780844741680

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Vital Statistics on Congress is the definitive source of essential information for all who watch Congress.


The Pig Book

The Pig Book

Author: Citizens Against Government Waste

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-04-06

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780312343576

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A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.


Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3

Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3

Author: United Nations. Statistical Office

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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The publication is an international standard on the design and operation of an efficient and accurate vital statistics system at national level. It provides guidelines on collection, compiling and disseminating vital statistics. More specifically it contains (a) basic principles for a vital statistics system; (b) uses of vital statistics and civil registration records; (c) topics to be covered in a vital statistics system; (d) sources of vital statistics and how they function; (e) quality assurance in the vital statistics system and (f) strategies in improving civil registration and vital statistics systems in countries. It also informs policy makers and the general public on the importance of vital statistics and hence further improving the vital statistics system.


Congress, the President and Policymaking: A Historical Analysis

Congress, the President and Policymaking: A Historical Analysis

Author: Jean Reith Schroedel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1315485192

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The underlying theoretical premise of this text is that the separation between the executive and legislative functions has important policy consequences and has influenced legislative outcomes. The study analyzes the pattern of interaction on banking bill introductions over the past 150 years.


Cultivating Congress

Cultivating Congress

Author: William Paul Browne

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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The American Congress, in the mid-1990s, remains the object of voter discontent. Public outcries against special interests and unresponsive incumbents have amplified an already pervasive scepticism towards Beltway politics. The book covers policy towards agricultural issues in particular.