Navigating Congress / Jacob R. Straus -- Congressional leadership : a resource perspective / Matthew Glassman -- Toppling the king of the Hill : understanding innovation in House practice / James V. Saturno -- The appropriations process and limitation amendments : a case study on party politics and the House floor / Jessica Tollestrup -- Minority party strategies and the evolution of the motion to recommit in the U.S. House / Jennifer Hayes Clark -- Let's vote : the rise and impact of roll call votes in the age of electronic voting / Jacob R. Straus -- The caucus process as a catalyst for democracy / Major R. Owens -- The death of deliberation : party and procedure in the modern United States Senate / James Wallner -- Beyond motions to table : exploring the procedural toolkit of the majority party in the United States Senate / Aaron S. King, Francis J. Orlando, and David W. Rohde -- Defense authorization : the Senate's last best hope / Colleen J. Shogan -- Filibustering and partisanship in the modern Senate / Gregory Koger -- Ping pong and other Congressional pursuits : party leaders and post-passage procedural choice / Barbara Sinclair -- Legislative sausage-making : health care reform in the 111th Congress / Mark J. Oleszek and Walter J. Oleszek.