The dysfunctional Congress

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-101

  Binder, Sarah ^a,b  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deadlock; Lawmaking; Legislative politics; US congress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929396147     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-110813-032156     Document Type: Review

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