The cash constituents of Congress / Larry Makinson.

Author
Makinson, Larry [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1992.
Description
xi, 363 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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Subject(s)
Summary note
The Cash Constituents of Congress pulls back the curtains on the insider politics of Capitol Hill by tracing the path of more than $230 million in campaign contributions that flowed to members of Congress in the 1990 elections. Using a unique classification system that identifies contributors by industry and interest group, this eye-opening volume gives voters, educators, journalists and students of Congress an important new perspective on the e financial connections between American industry and America's law makers. More than 1300 charts and graphs illustrate the trends clearly and succinctly and help provide an illuminating view of Congress's cash constituents-the PACs and individual contributors who supply the money it takes to win at the polls.
Notes
  • "A paperback distillation of Open secrets: the encyclopedia of congressional money & politics"--P. ix.
  • Includes index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • THE BIG PICTURE
  • The Price of Admission
  • Rules of the game
  • Independent expenditures
  • Soft money
  • The rising tide of PACs
  • Individual givers: a counterpoint to the PACs
  • INDUSTRY PROFILES
  • Industry profiles in brief
  • Business contributors
  • Agriculture
  • Communications & electronics
  • Construction
  • Defense
  • Energy & natural resources
  • Finance, Insurance & real estate
  • Health
  • Lawyers & lobbyists
  • Miscellaneous business
  • Transportation
  • Labor
  • Ideological/Single Issue
  • A potpourri of issue PACs
  • COMMITTEE PROFILES
  • Introduction to Committee profiles
  • Senate Committees: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Housing& Urban Affairs; Budget; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; Labor and Human Resources; Rules and Administration; Small Business; Veterans' Affairs
  • House Committees: Administration; Agriculture; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs; Budget; District of Columbia; Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government Operations; Interior and Insular Affairs; Judiciary; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Post Office and Civil Service; Public Works and Transportation; Rules; Science, Space and Technology; Small Business; Veterans' Affairs; Ways and Means
  • MEMBER PROFILES
  • Introduction to the member profiles
  • State delegations: Alabama
  • Wyoming
  • PAC PROFILES
  • Introduction to the PAC profiles
  • Appendix: Classification categories.
ISBN
0871876906 :
LCCN
^^^92022751^
OCLC
26158673
RCP
H - S
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