Description
Book SynopsisPresents a description of the legislative process by tracing the drafting and passing of a single piece of legislation. This book offers a picture of the bureaucratic infighting, political prerogatives, and Congressional courtesies that is necessary to make something happen on Capitol Hill.
Trade Review"What Redman has written about the evolution of a health bill could be written about comparable constellations of personalities and pressures affecting an education or a housing or farm or tax bill. But few writers have actually produced a book that has such a useful blend of information, self-deprecatory humor, and keen rendering of the distinctive atmosphere of Congress."
* New York Times Book Review *
"An outstanding book for undergraduates interested in politics."
* Choice *
Table of ContentsForeword to the 2001 Edition
Foreword to the Original Edition
Preface
1) First Stirrings
2) Beginner's Lessons
3) Getting Serious
4) A Fresh Start
5) S.4106: Born or Stillborn?
6) A Senate Hearing
7) Decision in the Senate
8) Loose Ends
9) Interlude
10) Doctors in the House
11) A War of Nerves
12) A New Year's Resolution
Epilogue
Postscript to the 2001 Edition
List of Abbreviations
Index
