| | |  | | Home » Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | The definitive work on how congressional rules, procedures, and traditions affect the course and content of legislation, the fundamentals of lawmaking are made clear in Oleszeks straight talking, informative book. Updates to this new edition spotlight the use of innovative procedural devices by both parties to achieve their goals, a reassessment of the role of conference committees in reconciling bicameral differences, and heightened use of old and new oversight mechanisms to check and balance executive actions and activities. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Walter J. Oleszek | | Paperback:
| 385 pages | | Publisher:
| CQ Press | | Publication Date:
| March 15, 2010 | | Language:
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32 of 34 found the following review helpful:
An excellent insider's guide to understanding CongressJun 12, 2002
I'm a chief of staff to a Member of the House of Representatives. I give a copy of this book to every new staffer who comes to work in our office, and tell them it's mandatory reading. Simply put: Mr. Oleszek's book is the single best reference out there for students and citizens wanting to learn about the ins and outs of how a bill becomes a law. What makes the book a must-read is not just the author's experise in understanding how Congress works, but also his ability to write extremely readable prose.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
A must read . . .Jan 30, 2009
By Gene T. Fisher
If you are new to the Hill, this book is a must desk-side companion. It is a practical guide that steers a Hill staffer through the rules, norms and processes of the Capitol complex. The House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are institutions where knowledge of process is more highly regarded than understanding the issues under debate. Olezek underscores that fact. His book has been must reading for congressional staff for a generation, and it continues to be the first among equals today.
Anyone thinking of working on the Hill or studying U.S. legislative processes would do well to begin here.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Imperative for a select audienceMar 18, 2012
By C. Ackerman
Congressional Procedures and the Legislative Process is one of those books for which the concept of applying a star ranking makes little sense. On one hand, the author obviously knows his stuff and is able to provide a clear, coherent overview of a difficult topic. On the other hand, the topic itself is punishment and anyone reading it other than a would-be DC staffer, journalist or lobbyist is probably wasting their time. (I shudder to think of someone assigning this as a textbook, but professors must, as I don't see how there would otherwise be a large enough audience to justify a new edition every three to five years.)
This book provides an overview of how legislation is forced through both houses of Congress, how the two houses reconcile conflicting versions of the same legislation and how they, in theory, provide oversight over the executive branch. The bulk of the book is on the first part, the traumatic birthing experience of legislation in both houses. The book is almost entirely devoid of any attention to what would be an ideal, or even sane, process creating good laws. Instead, the book, written by a long-time staffer at the Congressional Research Service, looks at legislation from the perspective of legislators, which seems to be that law-making is war by other means. As a result, the book focuses heavily on tactical maneuvers that can accelerate and stall legislation -- and that mainly means stalling legislation. The rules that facilitate these tactics can be quite arcane, arbitrary and exceedingly baroque.
These rules seem to be the author's lifelong obsession, in the way that someone else might memorize batting averages of professional baseball players. For him, they are infinitely fascinating, though his presentation of them is decidedly practical and unemotional. Nonetheless, he seems discomforted by the increasing partisanship of Congress, and the growing individualism of the Senate in particular.
In short, this book is likely a must-read for anyone who has a pressing professional need to know the innards of the Hill. To try to maneuver Congress without this book is probably akin to trying to participate in French Parliament without knowing French. But if you're not actually going to use knowledge of Congressional procedures in your work, then you'll likely forget the contents of this book within minutes of setting it down as it is so technical and obscure.
A review of the seventh (2007) edition, though the newer eighth edition is probably equally dated as it was published before the passage of Obama's health care reform package which required some creativity with Senate rules.
3 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Book is greatJan 04, 2007
By William A. Estrada
A great resource for everyone from new lobbyists to people interested in knowing more about how their government works.
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