Surviving Inside Congress, 6th Edition - Softcover

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An All-in-One Guidebook to the U.S. Congress – Learn How to Work For and With the Legislative Branch

Congress affects everyone, including you. It can spend money, raise or lower taxes, increase prices, create or cut government programs, protect civil rights, and impeach the President. To do this, Congress has hundreds of elected officials, thousands of staffers, and many rules. Succeeding in Congress is hard. Surviving Inside Congress shows you how to do it. You will learn:

• Who’s who in Congress
• How an idea becomes a law
• How the government spends money
• The difference between the House and Senate
• Why Republicans and Democrats seem like they hate each other
• The relationship between Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court
• How private citizens, businesses, non-profits, and governments advocate before Congress
• How the media works and how to communicate with them
• How Congress was created and its history

Learn how to thrive inside Congress.

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