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0195309243 pdf 0195309243 pdf This completely revised and updated third edition to the Young Oxford Companion to the Congress of the United States (1994) and The Congress of the United States: A Student Companion, second edition (2001) contains more than 200 articles, arranged alphabetically, that provide a concise and easy-to-use guide to the people, issues, vocabulary, and activities of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. In this third edition, there are new articles on four House and Senate leaders: Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. There are also five new articles on the Capitol Visitors Center, Homeland Security, Nuclear option, Recess appointments (including a chart of recent statistics), and Association of the Centers for Congressional Studies. There are updates to 24 articles: Advice and consent African Americans in Congress Appropriations Campaign financing Chisholm, Shirley Commemoratives, Constituent services Constitutional amendments Daschle, Tom Dress Ethics Filibuster Hastert, Dennis Hispanic Americans Lott, Trent Mansfield, Mike Media coverage Nominations Reapportionment Records of Congress Reporters of Debate Salaries Voting War Powers. Several of the tables are l also revised: Apportionment of the House of Representatives Committees Lame duck sessions Longest serving members Majority leaders Vetoes and the Congresses list in the appendix. All of the back matter is thoroughly updated. Visiting Congress has information on new security procedures Doing Research is expanded to include new books and a new section on websites. The bibliographies both at the back of the book and for each of the entries are thoroughly updated. Read more