The Contemporary Congress

Burdett A. Loomis is Professor of political science at the University of Kansas. Aside from teaching courses on congressional politics, interest groups, and policy making, Loomis directs internship programs in Washington and Topeka. He has written on a variety of topics, including Congress, interest groups, state legislatures, and public policy, and he currently serves as coeditor of Interest Groups and Advocacy.

Wendy J. Schiller is Professor of political science at Brown University. She served on the staffs of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Governor Mario Cuomo, and completed Fellowships at the Brookings Institution and Princeton University. She teaches courses on the American presidency, the American political process, and Congress and public policy. Among books she has authored or coauthored are Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy Before the Seventeenth Amendment, Partners and Rivals: Representation in U.S. Senate Delegations, and Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to American Government.