Always a classic, Dodd and Oppenheimer's Congress Reconsidered is the recognized source for in-depth, cutting-edge scholarship on Congress geared to undergraduates. Thoroughly updated -- with ten brand new pieces and the others completely revised -- this ninth edition includes cogent, timely analysis of the 2008 congressional elections, as well as coverage of: 

• the 110th Democratic Congress,specifically its energy policy, its handling of the Iraq War, and its taxing and spending; 
• the role of committees in Congress;
• leadership by women and minorities in Congress;
• the effects of campaign finance reform;
• differences in legislative activity between the Republican and Democratic Congresses;
• party coalition-building across the postwar era;
• and perspective on campaigns, elections,and political careers from member of Congress Daniel Lipinski.