Describes the narrative "Full Employment Bill" from its birth in January 1945 to President Truman's signing in February 1946 to illustrate the formulation of public policy in the legislature.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Contents
- I. The Political and Economic Background
- II. Economic Ideas and Political Brokers
- III. A Bill Is Born
- IV. The Staff in Room 15A
- V. The Lib-Lab Lobby
- VI. The Senate Approves
- VII. Conservative Pressures
- VIII. The House Disapproves
- IX. Public Opinion
- X. Personalities: Interpretations and Inferences
- XI. Conference and Compromise
- XII. Conclusion and Hypotheses
- Appendix A: The Full Employment Bill as Originally Introduced
- Appendix B: The 116 Co-Sponsors of H.R. 2202 in the House of Representatives
- Appendix C: The 84 Nay Votes Cast against the Conference Bill (S.380) in the House of Representatives
- Appendix D: Interviews
- Bibliography
- Index
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