American Government - Legislative Branch
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Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power
$31.99 Add to cartWith the fate of our democracy hanging in the balance, are we destined to watch every presidential election come down to a coin flip? Or is there a better way–can Democrats win enduring power and us
- Author: Jentleson, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 132409219X
- Language: English
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The Dance of Legislation: An Insider’s Account of the Workings of the United States Senate
$26.95 Add to cartThe Dance of Legislation has long been considered a classic description of the legislative process. In it, Eric Redman draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson’s staff to trace t
- Author: Redman, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0295980230
- Language: English
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Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets
$15.99 Add to cart“Schweizer names guilty parties . . . He exposes powerful figures in politics, law firms, and corporations.” — Forbes
Washington is no longer about lawmaking, it’s about moneymaking Conventional wisd- Author: Schweizer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544334558
- Language: English
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Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress
$32.95 Add to cartWhy fifty years of changemaking and reform haven’t fixed Congress–and what that reveals about American democracy.
Congress, the central democratic institution in the United States, is hanging on by a
- Author: Kornberg, Maya L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1421454580
- Language: English
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When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America’s Secret Justice System
$30.00 Add to cartThe definitive expos? of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations
“Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern America- Author: Ballou, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1541705718
- Language: English
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Polemic for Democracy
$24.95 Add to cartBorn of frustration with a stagnant status quo, Polemic for Democracy calls for a Second Constitutional Convention and presents a Framework for pragmatic action.
Starting with abolishing the Senate and
- Author: Gustafson, Zane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 28 2024
- ISBN10: 9798991228626
- Language: English
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Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense
$32.00 Add to cartA memoir–and a manifesto–like no other, by a true maverick in American politics
With a foreword by Nick Saban Dead Center: It is where Senator Joe Manchin III has stood his entire life. For him, it’- Author: Manchin, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1250411637
- Language: English
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Mad House: How Donald Trump, Maga Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls B
$32.00 Add to cartAn exclusive fly-on-the-wall account of the epic dysfunction of the American Congress, from the rotating cast of failed Speakers to the MAGA efforts to impeach President Joe Biden to the insanity of t… [more below]
- Author: Karni, Annie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0593731263
- Language: English
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The American REvolution: Your Guide to Saving America
$24.99 Add to cart- Author: de Angelo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 02 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218447793
- Language: English
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Do What You Said You Would Do: Fighting for Freedom in the Swamp
$27.00 Read moreGet an inside look at the detailed investigations of the United States Congress, the groundwork for Donald Trump’s win in 2016, and the events that occurred during his successful four years as preside… [more below]
- Author: Jordan, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1637581459
- Language: English
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Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind
$29.00 Read moreOne of The Washington Post’s 10 Best Books of 2022
The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new breed of Republicans–led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Madis- Author: Draper, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0593300149
- Language: English
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Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists, and Dunces Who Burned Down the House
$32.00 Add to cartFrom the halls of Congress, New York Times bestselling author Dana Milbank exposes the chaotic, incompetent and dysfunctional state of the current Republican House–a confederacy of dunces, united by
- Author: Milbank, Dana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0316570923
- Language: English
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Congress for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartA clear, direct guide into the nitty-gritty workings of Congress and the way the institution really functions
Congress For Dummies helps you sort out what Congress does on a daily basis and what it all… [more below]
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Silverberg, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 27 2002
- ISBN10: 0764554212
- Language: English
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One House: The Unicameral’s Progressive Vision for Nebraska
$24.95 Add to cartWhen Nebraskans voted to trade in their bicameral, partisan legislature for a one-house, nonpartisan body in 1934, it was a revolutionary decision. George Norris, a U.S. senator from Nebraska, argued
- Author: Berens, Charlyne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0803235194
- Language: English
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The January 6 Report
$19.99 Add to cartThe instant #1 New York Times bestseller
The official report and findings of the bipartisan Congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trump’s related coup conspir
- Author: January 6th Committee the
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: December 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0063315505
- Language: English
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The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartDonald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for forty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill, pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and trans… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ritchie, Donald A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: December 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0197620787
- Language: English
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Filibustered!: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America
$27.99 Add to cartThe U.S. Senator from Oregon who is leading the fight to restore the talking filibuster explains how changing just one rule could save our democracy
If we want to fix what ails America, we have to fix- Author: Merkley, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1620977982
- Language: English
