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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWith its historical analysis of Congress and insight into its potential future, this book will appeal to political science and public policy majors. A recommended purchase for academic libraries. * Library Journal *
Nuanced and persuasive, this is a valuable reminder that Congress has risen to the moment before and can do so again. * Publishers Weekly *
Provides a compelling argument for the importance of our legislative branch and how it can reassert its relevance in the 21st century. * Jerry Lenaburg, New York Journal of Books *
Why Congress is an excellent book that argues persuasively for the necessity of a thriving Congress in a diverse republic. * Joseph Postell, Claremont Review of Books *
Why Congress is a well-researched, readable examination of Congress's ability and inability to deal with important policy issues, ranging from 1960s civil rights successes to more recent immigration failures. * Choice *
Why Congress - no question mark, no subtitle - is perhaps the most important book on politics published in 2023. * Wall Street Journal *
Wallach's primary aim in this book is to reassess Congress's role in the political and policymaking process over the past several decades...Wallach is rightly concerned with the political relevance of a Congress that is both quick to centralize policymaking and deliberation within the leadership, while simultaneously delegating significant policymaking autonomy to the executive branch. * Timothy P. Nokken, Congress and The Presidency *
Table of ContentsPreface 1. What Congress Alone Can Do Part I: When Congress Worked 2. Congress and World War II 3. The Achievement of Civil Rights Part II: Congress Transformed 4. Cacophony - The Reforms of the 1970s 5. Conservatives against Congress 6. The Triumph of Partisan Posturing over Politics Part III: The Costs of a Failing Congress 7. Failing to Compromise on Immigration 8. Congress and COVID: We Needed Leadership, They Gave us Cash Part IV: Three Futures for Congress 9. Decrepitude 10. Rubber Stamp 11. Revival Postscript: An Open Letter to America's Legislators
