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Is it possible to fix the "Broken Branch"?
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20061101faessay85607/norman-j-ornstein-thomas-e-mann/when-congress-checks-out.html
http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/mann/20061201.htm
Audio program from the Commonwealth Club - http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/06/06-10mannornstein-audio.html
http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/tmann.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Mann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_J._Ornstein
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/AmericanPolitics/LegislativeStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780195174465
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
Congresspersons to watch.
Republicans
Jeff Flake, Arizona
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Mike Conaway, Texas
Democrats
Jane Harman, California
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
Jim McGovern, Massachusetts
Bill Delahunt, Massachusetts
Hilda Solis, California
Gregory Meeks, New York
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20061101faessay85607/norman-j-ornstein-thomas-e-mann/when-congress-checks-out.html
http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/mann/20061201.htm
Audio program from the Commonwealth Club - http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/06/06-10mannornstein-audio.html
http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/tmann.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Mann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_J._Ornstein
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/AmericanPolitics/LegislativeStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780195174465
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_InstituteThe Brookings Institution is a center-left think tank, based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. . . . .
Brookings is devoted to public service through research and education in the social sciences, particularly in economics, government, and foreign policy".[1] Its stated principal purpose is "to aid in the development of sound public policies and to promote public understanding of issues of national importance."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_InstituteThe American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a conservative think tank founded in 1943 whose stated mission is to support the "foundations of freedom - limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense." The Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization supported primarily by grants and contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals.
Congresspersons to watch.
Republicans
Jeff Flake, Arizona
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Mike Conaway, Texas
Democrats
Jane Harman, California
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
Jim McGovern, Massachusetts
Bill Delahunt, Massachusetts
Hilda Solis, California
Gregory Meeks, New York
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