Careers After Congress

Author : Matthew S. Dabros
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440840393
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Careers after Congress written by Matthew S. Dabros and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizens, journalists, and watchdog organizations claim that U.S. Congress members serve special interest groups in return for lucrative jobs in industry once they leave office—and that these legislators become lax in their final term of office as they are no longer compelled by elections to provide quality representation to citizens. This book investigates the veracity of these claims. The established consensus among scholars and citizens groups is that democracy suffers when U.S. Congress members prepare to leave office—that legislators are quick to satisfy pressure groups' requests in part because they anticipate being rewarded with financially compelling positions in those organizations once they leave office. But is this actually true? Focusing on 346 of the senators and representatives who left office during the 107th through 111th Congresses (January 2001 to January 2011), this book makes a counterintuitive argument: that job-seeking legislators provide stalwart service to citizens during their final term of office for fear of damaging their reputations and imperiling their post-Congressional career prospects. After an introductory chapter, author Matthew S. Dabros summarizes past research on political opportunism before discussing how nonelectoral constraints imposed by special interests (namely, diminished post-Congressional employment opportunities) actually encourage job-seeking legislators to provide quality representation to citizens even in their final term in office. The book also describes the nature and identifies the determinants of post-Congressional careers. The chapters use numerous contemporary examples and draw parallels to topics familiar to general readers to ensure that the book is highly accessible and interesting to nonspecialists.

Author : Shirley Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ambition and Beyond written by Shirley Williams and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marc E. Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politicians and Their Spouses' Careers written by Marc E. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kara Zachar Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Careerism in the United States House of Representatives written by Kara Zachar Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael P. Keane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money, Political Ambition, and the Career Decisions of Politicians written by Michael P. Keane and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we assess the impact of a variety of policies that may influence the career decisions of members of the U.S. Congress, using the empirical framework of Diermeier, Keane and Merlo (2005). These policies alter incentives to run for re-election, run for higher office or leave Congress, by altering wages, nonpecuniary rewards and career prospects (both in and out of Congress). We find that reducing the relative wage of politicians would substantially reduce the duration of congressional careers. Notably, however, the effect varies considerably across different types of politicians. A reduction in the congressional wage would disproportionately induce exit from Congress by quot;skilledquot; politicians, Democrats, politicians who were relatively young when first elected, and those without pre-congressional political experience. Interestingly, however, it would not cause the type of politicians who most value legislative accomplishments (quot;achieversquot;) to disproportionately exit Congress. Thus, wage reductions would not reduce the quot;qualityquot; composition of Congress in this sense. Term limits also have similar effects on achievers and non-achievers. However, we find that term limits would disproportionately induce members of the majority party to exit Congress. This has the interesting implication that term limits make it more difficult to sustain substantial congressional majorities over time. We do find three types of policies that disproportionately induce nonachievers to leave Congress: (i) elimination of seniority as a determinant of key committee assignments, (ii) restricting private sector employment after leaving Congress, and (iii) reducing the seniority advantage in elections.

Author : Ric Davidge, MPA
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1683486927
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Second American Revolution - first 100 days written by Ric Davidge, MPA and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reestablishing the balance of power between the States who conceived, articulated, and fought for the Republic – almost stopping its formation more than once due to concerns with federal power – is not easy given the structural corruption deeply imbedded in Congress and the Washington, D.C. culture, but it can and must be done. Mark Levin has identified the “clarifications” necessary in our Constitution that must be implemented via a Convention of States, but that will not fix the problem within – at least not in time. This book is a detailed, step by step strategy that can achieve this from within. In addition, the book provides specific answers to those who will object – and do so loudly. It also provides some keen insights into the D.C. culture with information few Americans know. There are preconditions to this Revolution that are essential, achievable, and identified here. Many can begin now, well before the 2016 election, but they must begin and we must have the commitment from enough States (26) to get these stepping stones set so that a new authentic constitutionally conservative President and a ‘friendly’ Congress can achieve them in just five years. It became clear at the RNC Platform Committee in 2012 that we needed something new, a very specific plan – an informed strategy, not just more speeches, not just more of the same general rhetoric we have all heard for decades. You have to do the hard work, and that doesn’t come from behind a podium. The reforms outlined in this book will achieve the rebalance and again form an even more perfect union with States in control and the federal system again limited as prescribed in the Constitution. This is an historic time, a new political time and space that will determine if America, as constructed by the States, will again prevail.

Author : Glenn R. Parker
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472024299
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitol Investments written by Glenn R. Parker and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who would spend millions for a job that pays $250k? Parker’s answer will surprise you. Required reading for Congress jocks.” —Michael C. Munger, Duke University “A unique and interesting approach to the study of legislators and legislative institutions.” —David Brady, Stanford University What would you do if, the very day you were hired, you knew you could be unemployed in as little as two years? You’d seek opportunities in your current job to develop a portfolio of skills and contacts in order to make yourself more attractive to future employers. Representatives and senators think about their jobs in Congress in precisely this way, according to Glenn R. Parker. While in office, members of Congress plan not merely for the next election but for the next stage of their careers. By networking, serving on committees, and championing particular legislation, they deliberately accumulate human capital—expertise, networks, and reputation—which later gives them advantages on the job market. Parker’s study of the postelective careers of more than 200 former members of Congress who left office during the last half century shows that, in most cases, the human capital these politicians amassed while in office increased their occupational mobility and earning power.

Author : Federal Jobs Digest
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working for Your Uncle written by Federal Jobs Digest and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite what one hears in the media this year, the Federal Government will hire and promote over 500,000 people throughout the U.S. and overseas at salary levels from $18,340 to $115,700. Salary levels are comparable to the private sector by law, but benefits and job security can be much higher. This book tells how to join and move up in the workforce of America's #1 employer. - What the jobs are: Descriptions of over 2,000 Federal occupations -- white and blue collar. Official salary tables for Federal occupations and grades - Where the jobs are: Guide to Federal Agencies showing occupations hired and in what numbers; Addresses and phone numbers of hundreds of Federal hiring offices; Geographic code listing for Federal employment including figures by area - How to get the jobs: Active vacancy announcements and competition notices; Official Federal application forms, including step-by-step guidance for completing them. Complete glossary of Federal terms and hiring practices

Author : The Washington Post
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626810044
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy Inc. written by The Washington Post and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2013-04-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into how legislators have taken advantage of their positions—and of weak financial disclosure laws—to make millions. After a historic financial crisis led Congress to unprecedented economic intervention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post began an investigation that pierced the secrecy of the deeply flawed financial disclosure system that governs the 535 men and women who draft the nation’s laws. Members of Congress directed millions of dollars to infrastructure projects near their residences and businesses, in some cases paving roads in front of their houses. They made major trades in the stocks of companies pressing them for legislation. They wrote laws favoring industries in which they were invested. They sponsored bills on which their own family members were paid to lobby. All of it is legal under the rules Congress has written for itself. Democracy Inc. shows the consequences of this system.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Employment and Retirement Incomes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.7U/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Increasing Employment Opportunities for the Elderly written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Employment and Retirement Incomes and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: