How Washington Actually Works For Dummies

ISBN 10: 1118312953 / ISBN 13: 9781118312957

Published by For Dummies, 2012

About this Item

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteedâ but the story's all there!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Washington Actually Works For Dummies
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118312953
• ISBN 13: 9781118312957
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Get the inside scoop on the most powerful city on Earth

Washington, D.C.: Capital of the Free World; the most powerful city on Earth. No other country, company, or international organization can compare with the reach and wealth of the federal government. Policymaking ― the art of deciding what programs to support, what laws to pass, or what regulations to write ― is at the core of what Washington does and is what everyone, from the President on down, wants to influence.

How Washington Actually Works For Dummies isn't a dry explanation of the American system of government but a playbook for how Washington really works: who has a seat at the table, how the policymaking process works, and how one survives. It takes you inside the political process in Washington, discusses changes in recent decades, and explains how the parts fit together. You find out:

• Who really runs Washington
• Why the President’s power is limited
• How Congress (and its committee structure) works
• What the bureaucrats ― the men and women behind the curtain ― do to earn your tax dollars
• How lobbyists, activists, and other players influence policy

In a presidential election year when economic issues are center stage and the candidates will go head to head in policy debates, there’s no better time to discover the ins and outs of how policy is actually made.

About the Author

Greg Rushford has been observing Washington's political scene since 1967 ― first as a student, then as a congressional aide during the 1970s, and, in recent decades, as a journalist who specializes in the politics of international trade and diplomacy.