TY - BOOK AU - De Grazia,Alfred ED - American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research TI - Congress, the first branch of government: Twelve studies of the organization of Congress conducted under the auspices of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research PY - 1967/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - American Enterprise Institute KW - United States. Congress N1 - Abridged ed. of Twelve studies of the organization of Congress, first published in 1966; TRUNCATED; Bibliographical footnotes; Toward a new model of Congress, by A. de Grazia.--Legislative oversight, by C. P. Cotter.--'Check and balance' today, by L. A. Dexter.--Toward a radical incrementalism, by A. Wildavsky.--Availability of information for congressional operations, by C. R. Dechert.--The committees in a revitalized Congress, by H. Eulau.--Decision making in Congress, by J. A. Robinson.--Congressional liaison, by E. de Grazia.--The service function of the United States Congress, by K. G. Olson.--Congress and the executive, by R. H. Davidson.--Information systems for Congress, by K. Janda.--Congress, 1989, by A. de Grazia.--47 propositions for the strengthening and stabilization of Congres ER -