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The Elasticity of Partisanship in Congress : An Analysis of Legislative Bipartisanship

Harbridge, Laurel - 2010

In recent election cycles, Republican members of Congress distanced themselves, at least rhetorically, from an unpopular party image and president. Why should the behavior of members change in the short-term if there are no changes in ideology or membership? This project explores two...

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Motivating Parliament : An Analysis of Party Policy Change and Legislative Behavior in France, 1981-2007

Greene, Zachary - 2010

Studies of legislatures often link electoral conditions and party preferences to policy outcomes. These studies link electoral strategies and measures of party preferences to legislator behavior or government expenditures, such as support for welfare spending. In this paper, I further consider...

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Comparing USA and EU Legislatures : Party Cohesion in the House of Representatives and the European Parliament

van Hecke, Steven - 2010

Given its recent development of becoming a fully fledged legislature in EU politics, the European Parliament is … party cohesion within the European Parliament (see, for instance, Hix et al. 2007) do not refer to the American example … and explaining figures of party cohesion between the USA House of Representatives and the EU European Parliament. The …

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Strategy and the President's Legislative Policy Agenda : From Proposing Legislation to the Congressional Response, 1789-2002

Cohen, Jeffrey - 2010

Debate exists over whether presidents are sincere or strategic in submitting their legislative proposals to Congress and the implications of strategic versus sincere behavior on presidential success with Congress. This paper tests for strategic behavior in presidential proposing to Congress and...

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The Importance of Legislative Voting Procedures

Crisp, Brian - 2010

Legislators' votes can be recorded nominally or in aggregate, determining whether a legislator can later be held accountable for a choice. Cameral rules define one method of voting as the standard operating procedure and how to invoke any alternative voting methods. Using data from Argentina and...

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The Informal Politics of Legislation : Explaining Secluded Decision-Making in the European Union

Reh, Christine - 2014

-making from public inclusive to informal secluded arenas, and the subsequent adoption of legislation at first reading. Since its … formal introduction in 1999, “fast-track legislation” has become ever more frequent, accounting for 72% of adopted codecision …. Finally, we find strong evidence for the impact of the time fast-track legislation has been in use. This finding confirms the …

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State Government Influence in the Congressional Policy Process : The Case of Health-Care Legislation in the 111th Congress

Dinan, John - 2011

consciousness to the point that the bill's supporters were forced to address them or risk the defeat of the overall legislation …

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Will the Republicans Retake the House of Representatives in 2010?

Cuzan, Alfred G. - 2010

Using a simple model similar to one that correctly predicted a party turnover in the House of Representatives in 2006, the chance of the Republicans recapturing the chamber is estimated. According to the model, the odds are against them, sufficient to stoke their hopes for success

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The Electoral Connection and Participation on House Roll Call Votes, 1820 to 1920

Baughman, John - 2010

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National or European Parliamentarians? Evidence from a New Survey of the Members of the European Parliament

Scully, Roger - 2010

new source of data about the parliament: provisional results from a new survey conducted of the parliament's membership …

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