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Parliament and Congress - Representation and Scrutiny in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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Parliament and Congress - Representation and Scrutiny in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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Parliament and Congress describes and compares the constitutional
background and procedures of these two legislative bodies.
Currently unsolved problems often have much in common, in vexed
areas such as ethics requirements or how procedural rules permit
minorities fair access to legislative time before majorities
prevail. British successes include the enhanced authority and
effectiveness of select committees and the acquisition of more
debating time by the creation of a parallel Chamber. Unsolved
problems at Westminster begin with the powers and status of the
Lords, and go on through the search for more effective review of EU
activities, adapting parliamentary scrutiny to more sophisticated
government financial information, and making better use of
legislative time without diminishing back-bench rights.
The accelerated pace and extent of procedural changes in Congress
is problematic. Constant pursuit of campaign funds, increased party
exploitation of Members' ethical shortcomings, and partisan
reapportionments, have diminished collegiality and compromise.
Business is conducted with greater predictability, with fewer
quorum calls, postponement and clustering of votes, and by
utilization of ad hoc special orders, often in derogation of
openness and minority rights in the House. Minority complaints have
been frequent and occasionally extreme. Conversely constant
filibuster threats in the Senate have enhanced minority party power
there. An 'inverse ratio' between the greater complexity,
importance, and urgency of pending legislation on the one hand, and
diminution of deliberative capacity, fairness. and transparency on
the other, has been repeatedly demonstrated, especially at the
stage of final compromises between the Houses.
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