The Committee: A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama's Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill

by Bruce C. Wolpe, Bryan William Marshall, Bryan W. Marshall

Book Overview

For three years while serving as a senior adviser to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce--one of the most powerful committees in Congress--Bruce C. Wolpe kept a diary, a senior staffer's look at how committees develop and promote legislation. With its insider's view of the rough-and-tumble politics of cap-and-trade, healthcare reform, tobacco, oversight, and the debt ceiling agreement, The Committee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472053833
• ISBN13: 9780472053834
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"