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Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives

By Gary W. Cox , Mathew D. McCubbins

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0521853796, 9780521853798, 9780511345326
LCC
JK1410 .C695 2005
Open Library ID
OL3392275M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2144799 bytes)
Pages
352\352
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Scholars of the U.S. House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional organization serves members' non-partisan goals. On the other hand, partisan theories argue that the House is organized to serve the collective interests of the majority party. This book advances a partisan theory and presents a series of empirical tests of that theory's predictions (pitted against others). The evidence demonstrates that the majority party seizes agenda control at nearly every stage of the legislative process in order to prevent bills that the party dislikes from reaching the floor.

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