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000347135 1001_ $$aFisher, Louis.
000347135 24510 $$aOn appreciating Congress :$$bthe people's branch /$$cLouis Fisher.
000347135 260__ $$aBoulder :$$bParadigm Publishers,$$cc2010.
000347135 300__ $$ax, 182 p. ;$$c21 cm.
000347135 440_0 $$aOn politics.
000347135 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000347135 5050_ $$aPopular government -- Facing executive power -- Interpreting the Constitution -- Protecting minority rights -- Congress at risk -- Safeguarding democracy.
000347135 520__ $$aThis book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government. Even though its record over the past two centuries presents a mixed picture, the record of the other two branches is also decidedly mixed. The author has worked for Congress for the past four decades and writes from a perspective that intimately understands its shortcomings while appreciating its strengths. He contends that portraying Congress as so inherently inept that it must be kept subordinate to presidential or judicial power is misguided and uninformed. The Constitution looks to Congress as the first branch because it is the institution through which citizens at the local and state level engage in self-government. Although Presidents claim to be the national representative, they cannot substitute for the knowledge and legitimacy brought by members of Congress. Congress, after all, is the people's branch and this book restores it to its rightful claim.
000347135 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bCongress.
000347135 650_0 $$aLegislative power$$zUnited States.
000347135 650_0 $$aSeparation of powers$$zUnited States.
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