All roads lead to Congress : the $300 billion fight over highway funding / by Costas Panagopoulos, Joshua Schank.
Panagopoulos, Costas.; Schank, Joshua.
2008
KF4945 .P36 2008 (Mapit)
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Title All roads lead to Congress : the $300 billion fight over highway funding / by Costas Panagopoulos, Joshua Schank.
Author Panagopoulos, Costas.
ISBN 9780872894617 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0872894614 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xvi, 220 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number KF4945 .P36 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 328.73/077
Summary This text drives students through one piece of legislation--the surface transportation bill--showing the maneuvering and negotiating that go on among members of Congress and their staffers as they haggle over a huge pot of money. The bill provides an example of both sides of the domestic legislative coin, as members of Congress formulating the bill fight over both policy issues (mostly along party lines) and money (mostly along regional lines). While working on the Hill, the authors were able to follow the path of this legislation from inception to law, observing firsthand the twists and turns of its journey. In recounting that journey, this book also explains the various rules that structure legislation, the leadership styles and strategies at play, the tensions among levels of government, and the impact of the executive.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Schank, Joshua.
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How a bill becomes law
Bill introduction and markup
Floor fight
Conference
Back to the drawing board
Passage and politics : the aftermath.

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