1st Edition
Conservative Reformers: The Freshman Republicans in the 104th Congress The Freshman Republicans in the 104th Congress
By Nicol C. Rae
Copyright 1998
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nicol Rae's engaging account of the Republican revolutionaries' freshman year in Congress persuasively demonstrates that the precepts set forth by Madison in Federalist 10 and 51 are still in force in our remarkably stable political system. The 73 Republican freshmen who entered the House of Representatives after the 1994 election were a well-organized group with majority status and a commitment... Read more
Chapter 1 The Trouble with Congress; Chapter 2 The 1994 Election, the Contract, and the Freshmen; Chapter 3 The Republican Revolution: Institutional Reform and Passing the Contract; Chapter 4 A Lesson in Political Reality: The 1995–96 Budget Battle; Chapter 5 The Neglected Revolutionaries: Republican Senate Freshmen in the 104th Congress; Chapter 6 The Struggle for Reelection; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Nicol C. Rae
