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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1 State Delegations in Congress; The Role of Today's Delegation; State Delegations, Representation, and Agenda Crossover; Representation and Responsiveness in State Delegations; Tri-Member Representation; Agenda Crossover in State Delegations; Plan for the Book; 2 A History of State Delegations; History of State Delegations; The Revolutionary War; The Constitutional Convention; The Doctrine of States' Rights; State Delegations in the 20th Century |
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Delegation VotingCommittee Assignments in Delegations; State Delegation Size and Partisanship; State Delegation Behavior Today; State Size and Delegation Influence; State Size; Conclusion; 3 Legislative Behavior in the House; House Delegation Expectations; Measuring Legislative Behavior in the House; Roll Calls and Legislative Behavior; Agenda Formation and Legislative Behavior; Using Legislative Agendas to Analyze Delegation Behavior; Conceptualizing Legislative Agendas; Analyzing Legislative Agendas in the House; Conclusion; 4 State Delegations and Legislative Behavior in the Senate |
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Measuring Legislative Behavior in the SenateRoll Calls and Legislative Behavior; Agenda Formation and Legislative Behavior; Bill Sponsorship; Conclusion; Building Toward a Theory of Agenda Crossover; Missouri: A Delegation with Shifting Partisanship; Pennsylvania: A Consistently Split Delegation; 5 Agenda Crossover in the U.S. Congress; Agenda Crossover Expectations in the House and Senate; Agenda Crossover Expectations in the Senate; Agenda Crossover Expectations in the House; Legislative Agendas and Bill Sponsorship; Similar Sponsorship within a Congress; Analyzing Agenda Crossover |
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Agenda Crossover in the HouseAgenda Crossover in the Senate; Agenda Crossover and Senate Electoral Success; Agenda Crossover in At-Large States; Conclusion; 6 Rethinking State Delegations in Congress; The Origins of and Changes in State Delegations ; Broadening our Conception of State Delegations; Normative Consequences of Agenda Crossover; Agenda Crossover, Representation, and Bicameralism; Appendix A Interviews; Conducting the Interviews; Interview Structure; Appendix B Wisconsin's Unwritten Rule; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
An analysis of how members of Congress utilize their state delegations across legislative chambers to remain responsive to constituents and assist in re-election efforts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 18, 2017) |
| Subject |
United States. Congress
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Congress fast |
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Representative government and representation -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Representative government and representation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316881736 |
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1316881733 |
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1316881369 |
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9781316881361 |
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9781316880623 |
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1316880621 |
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9781316871973 |
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1316871975 |
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9781316634998 |
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131663499X |
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