Backdoor lawmaking : evading obstacles in the US Congress / Melinda N. Ritchie.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197670521.Subject(s): United States. Congress -- Rules and practice | Policy sciences -- United States | Executive-legislative relations -- United States | Administrative agencies -- United States
| Legislation -- United States | Government accountability -- United States | Bureaucracy -- United States | Politics and Government | Politics & governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197670484DDC classification: 328.34560973 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: 'Backdoor Lawmaking' reveals how members of the US Congress use the federal bureaucracy as a backdoor for policymaking. Lawmakers pressure agencies to make policy changes in order to avoid obstacles in the legislative process. The book uses records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act in qualitative and quantitative analyses to show how members of Congress are incorporating agency regulations into a broader strategy of policymaking that spans branches of government and which lawmakers are most effective at using this approach.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Backdoor Lawmaking' reveals how members of the US Congress use the federal bureaucracy as a backdoor for policymaking. Lawmakers pressure agencies to make policy changes in order to avoid obstacles in the legislative process. The book uses records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act in qualitative and quantitative analyses to show how members of Congress are incorporating agency regulations into a broader strategy of policymaking that spans branches of government and which lawmakers are most effective at using this approach.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 23, 2023).