Lines in the sand congressional redistricting in Texas and the downfall of Tom DeLay /

محفوظ في:
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Bickerstaff, Steve
مؤلف مشترك: ebrary, Inc
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2007.
الطبعة:1st ed.
الموضوعات:
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جدول المحتويات:
  • The significance of the 2003 congressional redistricting in Texas
  • Partisan politics and redistricting in Texas
  • Racial and ethnic politics
  • Electing the right Republicans: the Republican strategy for the 2002 election
  • As partisan as the law allows: Republican strategy in 2003
  • Playing defense: Democratic strategy, 2001-2003
  • You gotta be kidding! The 2003 regular session
  • No better option: the Democrats break the quorum in the House of Representatives
  • Personal dilemmas: the first special session
  • Is there a Democratic endgame?
  • Republican triumph in the Senate
  • Redistricting by cabal: the final redistricting plan
  • The effects of the final plan
  • The dilemma for racial- and ethnic-minority lawmakers and advocacy organizations
  • The role of congressman Tom DeLay, Republican activists and donors, and the White House
  • The legal implications of the 2003 redistricting
  • Criminal investigations and indictments
  • The fall of Congressman DeLay
  • Conclusion.