{"product_id":"breakdown-lessons-for-a-congress-in-crisis-paperback","title":"Breakdown: Lessons for a Congress in Crisis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Bingaman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his thirty-year career representing the citizens of New Mexico in the US Senate, Jeff Bingaman witnessed great things accomplished through the legislative process. He also had a front-row seat for the breakdown of governing norms and the radical increases in polarization and partisanship that now plague what was once called the world's greatest deliberative body. \u003cem\u003eBreakdown: Lessons for a Congress in Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e traces the development of congressional dysfunction over more than three decades and provides eight case studies that examine how the crisis affects our government's ability to meet major policy challenges. We didn't always have a Senate that failed in its basic public obligations, including catalyzing a robust economy, confronting climate change, improving health care, fixing education, preserving public lands, and avoiding unnecessary wars. We do now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting insightful analysis of the causes and consequences of the dysfunction in Congress, \u003cem\u003eBreakdown\u003c\/em\u003e shows how Congress fails at the tasks Americans expect it to perform and, more importantly, how it might begin again to succeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43152985620543,"sku":"9780826366740","price":27.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/DNK2ONNDOa9780826366740_cdcf4ca6-003f-4d4a-86ae-817f3b9afc1a.jpg?v=1776942881","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/breakdown-lessons-for-a-congress-in-crisis-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}