Landmark Legislation
Author: Stephen W. Stathis
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2003-03-01
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781568027814
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen W. Stathis
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2003-03-01
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781568027814
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen W. Stathis
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9781452292281
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers the most important laws and treaties enacted by the U.S. Congress and examines an entire decade of new legislation. Includes additional acts and treaties chosen for their historical significance or their precedential importance for later areas of major federal legislative activity in the over 200 years since the convocation of the Continental Congress.
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Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9781452240688
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Documents Congress's most momentous accomplishments in determining the national policies to be carried out by the executive branch, in approving appropriations to support those policies, and in fulfilling its responsibility to ensure that such actions are being implemented as intended.
Author: Stephen W. Stathis
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2014-01-02
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 1452292299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Second Edition of this renowned treasure trove of information about the most important laws and treaties enacted by the U.S. Congress now deepens its historical coverage and examines an entire decade of new legislation. Landmark Legislation 1774-2012 includes additional acts and treaties chosen for their historical significance or their precedential importance for later areas of major federal legislative activity in the over 200 years since the convocation of the Continental Congress. Brand new chapters expand coverage to include the last five numbered Congresses (10 years of activity from 2003-2012), which has seen landmark legislation in the areas of health insurance and health care reform; financial regulatory reform; fiscal stimulus and the Temporary Asset Relief Program; federal support for stem cell research; reform of federal financial support for public schools and higher education; and much more. Features & Benefits: Each chapter covers one of the numbered Congresses with a historical essay, followed by the major acts of that Congress arranged in chronological order of passage – with each act summarized. A Finder’s Guide summarizes all of the acts and treaties into approximately 40 separate topical policy areas. The work’s extensive bibliography has been expanded and updated. This one-volume resource is a must-have for any public or academic library, especially those with strong American history or political science collections.
Author: Stephen W. Stathis
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2003-04-01
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 1452267448
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Documents Congress's most momentous accomplishments in determining the national policies to be carried out by the executive branch, in approving appropriations to support those policies, and in fulfilling its responsibility to ensure that such actions are being implemented as intended.
Author: Stephen W. Stathis
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2024-07-09
Total Pages: 625
ISBN-13: 1071920766
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Landmark Legislation 1774-2022, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to important laws and treaties enacted by the U.S. Congress. This updated edition includes landmark legislation from the last five Congresses (2013-2022) on issues like climate change, criminal justice, education, and more. It features carefully selected acts and treaties with historical significance and has an updated index and bibliography for easy access. A must-have for public and academic libraries with American history or political science collections.
Author: Dennis W. Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-05-31
Total Pages: 628
ISBN-13: 1135837562
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For better and sometimes for worse, Congress is a reflection of the aspirations, wants, and priorities of the American people. It reflects the kaleidoscope of special interests and unselfish service to others, of favors sought and sacrifices made. During each two-year session of Congress, thousands of pieces of legislation are proposed, many hundreds are given serious consideration, but far fewer are eventually enacted into law. Most enactments have limited impact, affect few, and are quietly forgotten in the flow of legislative activity. However, a small number of laws have risen to the level of historical consequence. These are the laws that have shaped America, and they are the subject of this book. Which pieces of legislation were the most significant for the development of the nation? Which have had an immediate or lasting impact on our society? Which laws so affected us that we could not imagine how our lives would be without them? Dennis W. Johnson vividly portrays the story of fifteen major laws enacted over the course of two centuries of American democracy. For each law, he examines the forces and circumstances that led to its enactment--the power struggles between rival interests, the competition between lawmakers and the administration, the compromises and principled stands, and the impact of the legislation and its place in American history.
Author: Matthew Andrew Wasniewski
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 778
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Congress
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2014-04-14
Total Pages: 780
ISBN-13: 9780160920288
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher
Author: Matthew Andrew Wasniewski
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 778
ISBN-13: 9780160920684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.