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Bessette/Pitney’s AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: DELIBERATION, DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP reviews the idea of "deliberative democracy." Building on the book, this blog offers insights, analysis, and facts about recent events.

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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Profiting from Public Office

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Many posts have discussed political corruption . Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen at Axios : Imagine America put these questions to a public r...

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Unproductive Congress

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Measured by the number of bills signed into law, the 118th Congress was by far the most unproductive since at least the 1980s. Just under ...

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Congress: Fresh Blood Surging, Institutional Memory Waning

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Aaron Blake writes at The Washington Post: You can say a lot of things about the U.S. Congress. One thing you can't really say, though,...

Friday, November 20, 2009

The Federal Reserve and Its Deliberations

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In chapter 18, we discuss the deliberations of the Federal Reserve. The House Financial Services Committee just voted for a measure to allo...

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