Common Ground: Committee Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives

Author/Contributor(s):	Baughman, John
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	05/23/2006
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Common Ground shows that while committees in the House of Representatives face overlapping and ambiguous jurisdictions on issues ranging from health care reform to homeland security, the problem of turf wars is overstated as panels are able to bargain and cooperate successfully matters of shared interest.