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comparison. we kind of projected our various segments into each chapter and then wove, as the occasion permitted bill is a wonderful weaver of text and context between our two versions. but for me at least, more than that, it s a way after 40 years, brian, of being a nonpartisan official for the house of representatives, to be somewhat not personally but somewhat judgmental institutionally about change, and the extent of change and the impacts of change under house rules and senate rules. i had to become, more or less or pretend to become an instant expert on the senate, which was difficult. because all those years, brian, of frustration in the house, i would always remind myself how much more difficult it would be to be on the senate side. and it was reassuring, constantly. but at the end, we took on a very ambitious outline, i think. and bill really the outline, bill had great ideas. and it wasn t totally set in concrete, but it was so ambitious from t ....
charlie johnson, along with william mckay, you have written a book called parliament and congress representation and scrutiny in the twenty-first century. what is it? it s in part a comparison. it s in part an update of a book written 30 years ago by two clerks of the british parliament, ken bradshaw and david pring, called parliament and congress, but now, totally outdated. but it s also, i d say, a comparison. we kind of projected our various segments into each chapter and then wove, as the occasion permitted bill is a wonderful weaver of text and context between our two versions. but for me at least, more than that, it s a way after 40 years, brian, of being a nonpartisan official for the house of representatives, to be somewhat not personally but somewhat judgmental institutionally about change, and the extent of change and the impacts of change under house rules and senate rules. i had to become, more or less or pretend to become an instant ....