Setting the agenda : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives /

Setting the agenda : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cox, Gary W.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. ©2005
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Congress. -- House. United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Committees. United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Rules and practice. United States. -- Congress. -- House. Political parties -- United States. Committees. Political parties. United States. Rules.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813221

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Other authors / contributors:	McCubbins, Mathew D. (Mathew Daniel), 1956-
ISBN:	9780511345326 0511345321 9780511791123 0511791127 0521853796 9780521853798 0521619963 9780521619967
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Cox, Gary W. Setting the agenda. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521853796 9780521853798

Table of 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.