Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making

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This book argues that, despite the scholarly emphasis on 20th-century congressional history, it is necessary to study the nation's first 150 years in order to understand more fully the evolution and functioning of the modern Congress-a time when parties emerged, developed, realigned, and dissapeared, Congressional standing rules changed, the workload of Congress increased dramatically, and both houses grew greatly in size.