The Bill: How Legislation Really Becomes Law Case stdy natl Service Bill (rev & Updated)

The Bill: How Legislation Really Becomes Law Case stdy natl Service Bill (rev & Updated)

by Steven Waldman
The Bill: How Legislation Really Becomes Law Case stdy natl Service Bill (rev & Updated)

The Bill: How Legislation Really Becomes Law Case stdy natl Service Bill (rev & Updated)

by Steven Waldman

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Overview

"Skillfully guides us, with an engrossing and provocative tale, through the interplay of Congress and the White House, policy and politics. Must reading for students of American government." —Gary Orren, Harvard University

"Full of genuinely juicy details, it is certain to replace Eric Redman's studies in the future." —Charles Peters, editor in chief, The Washington Monthy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780140233049
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/01/1996
Edition description: REVISED & UPDATED
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Steven Waldman is cofounder, CEO, and editor in chief of Beliefnet, the largest faith and spirituality website. Previously, Waldman was the national editor of U.S. News & World Report and a national correspondent for Newsweek. His writings have also appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, The Washington Monthly, National Review, and elsewhere. He appears frequently on television and radio to discuss religion and politics. He is the author of Founding Faith and The Bill, a book about the creation of AmeriCorps. Waldman lives in New York with his wife, writer Amy Cunningham, and their children, Joseph and Gordon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Cast of Characters
Journey of the Bills
Preface
1. Anatomy of a Campaign Promise
2. The Swiss Army Knife
3. The Puzzle Magnate
4. "Ideological Garbage"
5. The Cynical Media
6. "Ouch!"
7. Race, Class, and Veterans
8. Real Work
9. The Unveiling
10. The Grass Roots
11. Ford's Pooch and Pell's Spine
12. Action
13. SOS
14. A "Bad Off-Off-Broadway Play"
15. Getting Things Done
Epilogue
Appendix: How to Join AmeriCorps or Get a College Loan
Notes
Index
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