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Middle School Students

Feldman, Ruth Tenzer. How Congress Works: A Look at the Legislative Branch. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 2004.

 

Kronenwetter, Michael. The Congress of the United States. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1996.

 

High School Students

_________. How Congress Works, 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.

 

Biggs, Jeffrey R., and Tom Foley. Honor in the House: Speaker Tom Foley. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1999.

 

Oleszek, Walter J. Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004.

 

O’Neill, Tip, with William Novak. Man of the House:The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988.

 

Price, David. The Congressional Experience: A View from the Hill (Transforming American Politics). Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2000.

 

Simon, Paul. P.S.: The Autobiography of Paul Simon. Chicago, Ill.: Bonus Books, 1999.

 

Smith, Margaret Chase. Declaration of Conscience. New York: Doubleday, 1972.

 

Redman, Eric (Introduction by Richard E. Neustadt). The Dance of Legislation. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001.

 

Teachers

_________. How Congress Works, 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.

 

Elving, Ronald D. Conflict and Compromise: How Congress Makes the Law. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.

 

Sinclair, Barbara. Unorthodox Lawmaking: New Legislative Processes in the U.S. Congress. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2000.

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