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Author Cox, Gary W.

Title Setting the agenda : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives / Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Procedural cartel theory -- Modeling agenda power -- The primacy of Reed's rules in House organization -- Final passage votes -- The costs of agenda control -- The textbook Congress and the Committee on Rules -- The bills reported from committee -- Which way does policy move? -- Positive agenda power -- Conclusion
Summary 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 our partisan theory and presents a series of empirical tests of that theory's predictions (pitted against others). It considers why procedural cartels form, arguing that agenda power is naturally subject to cartelization in busy legislatures. It argues that the majority party has cartelized agenda power in the U.S. House since the adoption of Reed's rules in 1890. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. House -- Committees
United States. Congress. House -- Rules and practice
SUBJECT United States. Congress. House fast
USA Congress gnd
United States. Congress. larpcal
Subject Political parties -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
Committees
Political parties
Parteiensystem
Política -- Estados unidos.
Partidos políticos (processo político) -- Estados unidos.
United States
Genre/Form Rules
Form Electronic book
Author McCubbins, Mathew D. (Mathew Daniel), 1956-
LC no. 2005001319
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