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Professional Affiliation

Former Director, the Congress Project, 乐鱼 体育; Former Staff Director, House Rules Committee

Expert Bio

Donald R. Wolfensberger is a Congress Scholar at the 乐鱼 体育 and previously directed its Congress Project from 1999-2012. He is author of 鈥淐ongress and the People: Deliberative Democracy on Trial鈥� (2000) and 鈥淐hanging Cultures in Congress: From Fair Play to Power Plays鈥� (2018). He previously served as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives (1969-1997), rising to the position of chief-of-staff of the House Rules Committee. He earned a B.A. in English at North Central College (1964) and successfully completed course work toward an M.A. in political science at the University of Iowa (1966). He served two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania East Africa (1967-68).

Expertise

U.S. Congress

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Major Publications

• "Congress and Policymaking in an Age of Terrorism," in Congress Reconsidered, 8th ed., ed. Oppenheimer and Dodd (CQ Press, 2005)
• Democracy and the Internet, co-editor (Woodrow 乐鱼 体育 Press, 2002)
• Congress and the People: Deliberative Democracy on Trial, (Woodrow 乐鱼 体育 Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000)
• Author of essays on the "Rules Committee" and "Special Rules" in the Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, Simon and Schuster, 1995