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Figures and tables; Preface; Contributors; Part I. Introduction: 1.Theatre in the round: congress in action Herbert F. Weisberg and Samuel C.Patterson; Part II. Congress and its Audience; 2. Representation in congress:line drawing and minorities Kenny J. Whitby and Franklin D. Gilliam Jr; 3.Unsympathetic audience: citizens' evaluations of congress Samuel C. Pattersonand David C. Kimball; 4. Back from intermission: the 1994 elections and thereturn to divided government Dean Lacy; Part III. Congress at Play: 5.Directing 535 leading men and leading ladies: party leadership in the moderncongress Paul S. Herrnson; 6. Little theatre: committees in congress TimGroseclose and David C. King; 7. The unfolding drama: party and ideology inthe 104th house Barry C. Burden and Aage R. Clausen; Part IV. Congress andOther Actors: 8. The plot thickens: congress and the president BarbaraSinclair; 9. Congress and the courts: a case of casting Elliot E. Slotnickand Sheldon Goldman; 10. Behind the scenes: the Supreme Court and congress instatutory interpretation Lori Hausegger and Lawrence Baum; 11. Congress andforeign policy: a neglected stage Randall B. Ripley; Part V. Conclusion: 12.'The play's the thing': congress and the future Samuel C. Patterson andHerbert F. Weisberg; References; Index.