{"product_id":"congress-overwhelmed-timothy-m-lapira-9780226702438","title":"Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform","description":"Congress today is falling short. Fewer bills, worse oversight, and more dysfunction. But why? In a new volume of essays, the contributors investigate an underappreciated reason Congress is struggling: it doesn't have the internal capacity to do what our constitutional system requires of it. Leading scholars chronicle the institutional decline of Congress and the decades-long neglect of its own internal investments in the knowledge and expertise necessary to perform as a first-rate legislature. Today's legislators and congressional committees have fewer--and less expert and experienced--staff than the executive branch or K Street. This leaves them at the mercy of lobbyists and the administrative bureaucracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays in \u003ci\u003eCongress Overwhelmed \u003c\/i\u003eassess Congress's declining capacity and explore ways to upgrade it. Some provide broad historical scope. Others evaluate the current decay and investigate how Congress manages despite the obstacles. Collectively, they undertake the most comprehensive, sophisticated appraisal of congressional capacity to date, and they offer a new analytical frame for thinking about--and improving--our underperforming first branch of government. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy M. Lapira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022670243X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226702438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Timothy M. Lapira","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47420257566975,"sku":"9780226702438","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76a31bee-a8ea-4bbc-9c09-3389e7fd4ae1.jpg?v=1761525934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/congress-overwhelmed-timothy-m-lapira-9780226702438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}