The Contemporary Congress Author:Burdett A. Loomis The only text published with each new Congress, THE CONTEMPORARY CONGRESS, Third Edition, is short enough to use as a supplement and comprehensive enough to serve as the foundation of a course. The book focuses on the struggle between the centralizing and decentralizing forces in the legislative branch, and includes such new material as the resi... more »gnations of Newt Gingrich and Bob Livingston and the impeachment of President Clinton.« less