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How American lawmaking took shape in the early republic
Learn how the early Congress and state legislatures developed the committee system, and how this structure affected the balance between the House and the executive. This book examines why standing committees emerged, how they worked in practice, and what tensions they created for lawmaking in the first decades of the United States.
- See how committees grew from practice in colonial and state bodies to a central feature of national government.
- Understand the push and pull between Congress, cabinets, and the presidency as power shifted.
- Learn about the sources historians use to reconstruct legislative history and the limits of those records.
- Explore how party organization and political pressure shaped the functioning of lawmaking bodies.
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