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Congressional Deskbook: The Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Congress. Fifth Edition
Congressional Deskbook
By Michael L. Koempel and Judy Schneider 
Contributing Authors: Eugene Boyd, Peggy Garvin, Bill Heniff Jr., Henry Hogue, Robert Keith

Benjamin Franklin Award2006 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist

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Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide, by Tobias Dorsey
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook
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Persuading Congress: A Practical Guide to Parlaying an Understanding of Congressional Folkways and Dynamics into Successful Advocacy on Capitol Hill
Persuading Congress
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Forbidden Citizens: Chinese Exclusion and the U.S. Congress - A Legislative History
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Lobbying and Advocacy
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Media Relations Handbook
By Bradford Fitch
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 Real World Research Skills Second Edition: An Introduction to Factual, International, Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Research, by Peggy Garvin
Real World Research Skills
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Testifying Before Congress
Testifying Before Congress 

By William N. LaForge

Benjamin Franklin Award2011 Benjamin Franklin Award Winner

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Citizen's Handbook to Influencing Elected Officials

Citizen's Handbook to Influencing Elected Officials
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 A Better Congress: Change the Rules, Change the Results: A Modest Proposal: Citizen's Guide to Legislative Reform
A Better Congress

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Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill

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Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers, by Keith Evans
Common Sense Rules of Advocacy 
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By Keith Evans

Benjamin Franklin Award2005 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist

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The Business Writer's Handbook
The Business Writer's Handbook 
By Gerald Alred, Charles Brusaw, and Walter Oliu

9th Edition, ISBN: 0312575106 (St. Martins Press 2008)

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The Federal Budget 

By Allen Schick

Softcover, 345 pages, ISBN: 0815777353  (The Brookings Institution, 2007)

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Legal Spectator & More
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