Volume 28, Number 1, January 2005




This section contains a listing of papers in the area of legislative studies that have been presented at professional conventions in recent months. Entries were taken either from preliminary or official convention programs. The following meetings are represented:

APSA:  Papers presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2-5, 2004, Chicago, Illinois.

NPSA:  Papers presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 11-13, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts

SPSA:  Papers presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 5-9, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana


APSA

Author

Title of Paper

Abramowitz, Alan I.; Saunders, Kyle L.

Social Identity, Ideology, and Party Identification in the American Electorate

Adams, James

Candidate Equilibrium and the Behavioral Model of Voter Choice and Turnout: Theoretical Results and Empirical Tests

Addonizio, Elizabeth

Reducing Inequality in Political Participation: An Experiment to Measure the Effects of Voting Instruction on Youth Voter Turnout

Ahuja, Sunil

Changing of the Guard: Legislative Behavior in the Postwar Congress

Ainsworth, Scott H.

The Strategic Foundations for Incrementalism in Legislatures with Applications to Abortion Policy

Aleman, Eduardo; Tsebelis, George

Constitutional Sources of Presidential Agenda Setting Power: The Origins of the Executive Veto in Latin America

Anderson, Cameron

Economic Voting and Multi-level Governance

Anderson, Sarah; Brady, David W.

The Pivotal Politics of Appropriations: Parties, Committees, and the Median Voter in the Policy Process

Arceneaux, Kevin; Gerber, Alan

Comparing Experimental and Matching Methods using Two Large-Scale Field Experiments on Voter Mobilization

Bargen, Andrew

Party Power in the U.S. Senate: Shaping the Ideological Content of the Legislative Agenda

Basinger, Scott J.; Ensley, Michael J.

The Money Jumble: Challenger Fundraising and Incumbent Vulnerability in House Elections

Baughman, John R.

Multiple Referrals, Committee Bargaining and Legislative Success

Beckmann, Matthew N.

Presidential Lobbying: How The White House Promotes the President's Policies on Capitol Hill

Bejan, Adriana

Legislative Efficiency in the Czech Parliament

Belanger, Eric; Godbout, Jean-Francois

A Party Realignment Waiting to Happen? Strategic Coordination Problems Among Right-Wing Elites and Voters in Canada

Bell, Lauren Cohen; Overby, L. Marvin

Filibusters and Filibusterers in the Contemporary Senate: An Examination of the Dynamics and Individual-Level Correlates of ÒExtended Debate,Ó 1975-2002.

Berinsky, Adam J.

Public Opinion and World War II

Bertelli, Anthony Michael; Grose, Christian R.

Executive-Legislative Bargaining: A Theory and Empirical Test

Bond, Jon R.; Bonneau, Emily

The Influence of Politics and Institutional Position on the Distribution of Pork Barrel Projects

Brown, Robert D.; Bruce, John M.; Wedeking, Justin

Divisive Primaries and Partisan Turnout: Reassessing the Divisive Primaries Thesis

Brunell, Thomas L.

The Relationship Between Primary Type and Electoral Competition; Evidence from Congressional Elections

Burbach, David T.

Rational Expectations and the Rally Effect: Discounting the Use of Force by Troubled Presidents

Burden, Barry C.

The Limits of Representation

Burns, Nancy; Evans, Laura

Amateurs and Professionals: Careerism in American State Legislatures, 1881-2003

Burrell, Barbara C.

The Gender Gap in Presidential Voting Behavior: A View from the States

Campbell, Andrea Colleen

Winners and Losers in Senate Floor Amending

Cann, Damon M.

Cue Taking, Information Cascades, and Condorcet's Jury Theorem

Caress, Stanley M.

Assessing the Influence of Term Limits on the Leadership of State Legislatures

Carson, Jamie L.; Marshall, Bryan W.

Assessing the Political and Strategic Effects of Presidential Veto Threats on Congressional Decision-Making

Carson, Jamie L.; Crespin, Michael; Finocchiaro, Charles J.; Rohde, David W.

Redistricting, Constituency Influence, and Party Polarization in Congress

Celep, Odul; Paskeviciute, Aida

The Effects of Accommodative and Detachment-based Strategies of the Established Parties on the Electoral Strength of the Extreme Right Parties

Chin, Michelle L.; Robbins, Suzanne M.

Why Pay for a Free Show? Modeling Legislators' Decisions to Grant Access and Interest Groups' Decisions to Contribute

Chiou, Fang-Yi

Measuring the Preferences of Legislators in the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan

Cho, Seok-ju

A Model of Electoral Accountability with Multiple Representatives

Claibourn, Michele P.

Candidate Agendas, Public Perceptions, and Public Priorities in Presidential Campaigns

Clinton, Joshua D.; Jackman, Simon

Positions, Preferences and Constituents in the U.S. Senate

Colton, Timothy J.; Hale, Henry E.

Party Development in the Russian Federation

Craig, Stephen C., Martinez, Michael D., Gainous, Jason

Winners, Losers, and Perceived Mandates: Voter Explanations of the 1998 Gubernatorial and 2000 Presidential Elections in Florida

Crespin, Michael

Congressional Party Politics in the Progressive Era

D'Onofrio, Robert A.; Fiorina, Morris

National and Local Forces in House Elections: 1892-2002

Davis, Richard

Mobilizing Voters Online

Den Hartog, Chris

Committee Vetoes in the 19th Century House of Representatives

Desposato, Scott W.

Going Negative in Comparative Perspective: Electoral Rules and Campaign Strategies

Donohue, Kathleen Grace

The Politics of the Public's Right to Know

Dowdle, Andrew J.; Steger, Wayne P.; Adkins, Randall E.

Gaining Traction: How Do Frontrunners Surface Before the Presidential Primaries?

Druckman, James N.; Warwick, Paul V.

The Paradox of Portfolio Allocation: An Investigation into the Nature of a Very Strong but Puzzling Relation

Egan, Patrick J.

Gay Issues and Gay Voters: An Increasing Partisan Divide

Endersby, James W.

Legislative Size and Efficiency

Engstrom, Erik J.

The Partisan Impact of Malapportionment in the 19th and Early 20th Century House of Representatives

Ensley, Michael J.; Carmines, Edward G.

Issue Ambivalence and Split-Ticket Voting in the U.S., 1972-2000

Eom, Kihang; Gross, Donald A.

The Consequence of Contribution Limits on Political Party Contributions in Gubernatorial Elections

Erler, Helen Abbie

Term Limits, Legislative Structure, and Economic Policy: Fiscal Decisions in the American States

Eto, Mikiko

Women's Movements in Japan: The Intersection Between Everyday Life and Politics

Evans, C. Lawrence

U.S. Senators and the Act of Representation

Evans, Diana

Appropriations Committee Earmarks: Is Disloyalty Punished?

Evans, Jocelyn; Huckaby, Melody R.

Only a Marginal Difference?: Examining Partisan Voting Behavior of Marginal Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 103rd-107th Congresses

Farrar-Myers, Victoria A.

Emerging Trends in Presidential Campaign Finance: Early Lessons from the 2004 Campaign

Fiber, Pamela M.

The Discriminating Legislator: Supporting Campaign Finance Reform

Fishkin, James S.; Iyengar, Shanto; Luskin, Robert C.

Deliberative Democracy in the Primaries: An Online Experiment

Fournier, Patrick; Cutler, Frederick E.; Lyle, Greg; Soroka, Stuart N.

Different Pokes for Different Folks: Heterogeneity in Campaign Effects

Fowler, James H.

A Behavioral Model of Turnout with Party Competition

Gaddie, Ronald Keith; Bullock II, Charles S.

Redistricting Principles and Litigation Strategies

Gailmard, Sean; Milyo, Jeffrey

The Returns to Oversight

Gaines, Brian J.; Roberts Brian

Hawks and Bears: Presidential Approval, Warn and the Economy

Gamm, Gerald; McConnaughy, Corrine M.

Amateurs and Professionals: Careerism in American State Legislatures, 1881-2003

Gelineau, Francois; Belanger, Eric

Electoral Accountability in a Federal System: National and Provincial Economic Voting in Canada

Gershtenson, Joseph

Ideology and Representation in the U.S. Senate: Roll Calls v. Constituent Perceptions

Gimpel, James G.; Shaw, Daron R.; Dyck, Joshua J.; Gaines, Brian J.

Mobilizing the Absentee Vote

Goodman, Craig

Senate Elections and the Consequences for Pivotal Politics

Gordon, Sanford C.; Hafer, Catherine

Legislative Lobbying as a Signal to the Bureaucracy

Gray, Mark M.; Wattenberg, Martin P.

California's Multi-Party Recall Election: Voter Turnout and Choice

Griffin, John D.

The Representational Consequences of Senate Malapportionment

Groeling, Tim

Divided We Rally: How Media Coverage of Elite Debate Drives the Rally-Round-the-Flag Phenomenon, 1979-1996

Gronke, Paul

Voting Early = Voting Smartly?

Grose, Christian R.

Valence Advantages and Position-Taking in the U.S. Congress: An Empirical Test

Grossman, Andrew D.; Oakes, Guy

The Fifth Column Tactic: Predatory Investigations and the Politics of Internal Security in the 80th Congress

Hagen, Michael G.

Strategic Allocation of Resources in a Presidential Campaign

Hanmer, Michael J.

A New Framework and Analysis of the Effect of Election Laws on Turnout

Hendershot, Marcus; Schneider, Matthew M.

Consultation and Confirmation: Executive and Senatorial Cooperation on United States District Court Nominations, 1901-2003

Herrera, Richard; Shafer, Karen; Yawn, Mike

The Influence of Political Parties in the U.S. Senate

Herron, Michael C.

District Demographics and Partisan Gerrymanders: The Effects of Politically Biased Redistricting on Election Outcomes and Legislative Composition

Herron, Michael C.

Intentional Abstention in Presidential Elections: A Ballot-Level Study of Leon County, Florida

Hillygus, Sunshine D.; Shields, Todd G.

Southern Voting in Presidential Elections

Hines, Eric H.; Civettini, Andrew J.

Strategic Selection of Conferees in the United States Senate

Holzner, Claudio A.

Institutional Roots of Political Participation

Hull, Christopher Clayton

Explaining Vote Share in the 2004 Iowa Caucus: A Candidate's-Eye-View Empirical Assessment

Iaryczower, Matias J.

Contestable Leaderships

Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth

The Spatial Model's Limits: Effects of Varying Mainstream Parties' Responses to the Far Right's Immigration and Asylum Policies in Western Europe

Jankowski, Richard

Altruism and the Decision to Vote: Explaining High Voter Turnout

Jarvis, Matthew

The Electoral Consequences of Legislating

Jenkins, Jeffery A.; Stewart, III, Charles

The Election of House Officers in the Antebellum House of Representatives

Jesuit, David K.; Mahler, Vincent A.

Electoral Support for Extreme Right-Wing Parties: A District-Level Analysis of Western European Elections in the 1990s.

Kang, Insun

A Model of Electoral Competition with Uncertainty on Challenger's Competence

Kaplan, Noah; Park, David K.

Do Electoral Campaigns Facilitate Ideological Constraint in the Public?

Katz, Jonathan

Baker v. Carr, Southern Realignment and Divided Government Since World War II

Kedar, Orit

Vertical Balancing: Voter Behavior in State and Federal Elections, with Evidence from Germany

Kelly, Michael J.

Whipping Policy Into Shape: Party Discipline and Strategic Bargaining in Latin American Legislatures

Kelly, Sean Q.; Frisch, Scott A.

Democratic Leaders and Democratic Committee Requests and Assignments in the U.S. Senate

Kim, Henry

Congressional Voting, Legislative Parties, and Divided Government

King, James D.; Riddlesperger, Jr., James W.; Engstrom, Richard N.

Re-Redistricting in Texas and Colorado: Questions of Process and Impact

Koger, Gregory

Transaction Costs, Endogenous Rules, and Pivotal Politics

Korzi, Michael J.

Advice and Consent: The constitutional and Political Implications of Judicial Nomination Filibusters

Kousser, Thad

Did California's Recall Change Its Electorate?

Kramer, Claire

Tough Choices: The Influence of Electoral Context and Constituencies on Senators' Trade Votes

LeBlanc, Robin

Rebuilding the Electoral Connection: An Examination of the Origin and Potential of Anti-Party Electoral Movements in Japanese Local Politics

Ladewig, Jeffrey W.

Your Pocketbook and Your Vote: Congressional Elections, Partisanship and Economic Interests, 1963-1992

Larocca, Roger

Coordination Problems in House and Senate Agenda Setting

Lawless, Jennifer L.; Fox, Richard L.

The Initial Run for Office: The Decision Dynamics of Entering Electoral Politics

Lawrence, Eric D.

The Political Geography of Congressional Voting: An Application Organ Transplant Reform

Laver, Michael J.; Giannetti, Daniela

Intra-party Politics and Legislative Behavior: Legislator Policy Positions and Roll Call Voting in the Italian DS

Lawson, Chappell; Sled, Sarah M.

A Psychological Explanation of Rally Effects

Lazarus, Jeff L.

The Use of No-Confidence Votes in Parliamentary Democracies

Leal, David L.

Turnout in Gubernatorial Elections: Competition, Conditions and Candidates

Levendusky, Matt

A New Framework for Understanding Mass Polarization

Levendusky, Matt

The True Impact of Constituency: District Opinion and Legislator Behavior Reconsidered

Levine, Jeffrey W.

Choosing Alone? The Role of Social Networks in Modern Political Choice

Lewis, Jeffrey B.

Accounting for Estimation Uncertainty in Analysis Employing Ideal Point Estimates

Lodola, German Jorge; Rodriguez-Raga, Juan Carlos; Queirolo, Rosario

The Politics of Subnational Elections: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay in the 1990s

Londregan, John Benedict; Rosenthal, Howard

An Analysis of Committee Markups and Floor Voting

Martin, Lanny W.; Vanberg, Georg

More Than A Rubberstamp: Parliaments, Coalition Governments, and Legislative Scrutiny

Matland, Richard E.; Shepherd, Adrian

The Effect of Candidate and Voter's Race on Voter's Evaluations Under Varying Information Environments: Evidence from an Experiment

Martin, Sherry L.

The Under-Representation of Japanese Women in National Politics

McAllister, Ian; White, Stephen L.

Voters and Non-Voters in the Russian Duma and Presidential Elections

McClain, Paula D.

Gender and Black Presidential Politics: Chisholm to Moseley Braun

McClurg, Scott D.

The Social Agenda: The Influence of Social Networks and Context on Personal Issue Agendas

McGhee, Eric

Reconsidering National Forces in Congressional Elections

McNulty, John E.

Experiments in Voter Mobilization During California Gubernatorial Elections, 2002-2003

Meguid, Bonnie M.

Issue Salience, Issue Ownership and Issue-Based Vote Choice: Evidence from Canada

Miler, Kristina

Constituency Interests and Congressional Behavior: A New Examination of the Role of Legislative Perceptions

Monroe, Nathan W.

The Policy Impact of Unified Government: Evidence from the 2000 Presidential Election

Morgenstern, Albrecht

Curbing Power or Progress? Governing with an Opposition Veto

Morris, Lorenzo

Ideology in Presidential Campaigns and Black Democratic Leadership from Jackson to Sharpton

Mycoff, Jason D.

The Effect of the Competitive Balance on Congressional Incumbents' Financial Patterns

Naff, Katherine C.; Levitt, Melissa

Faultlines in the Recall Election: Was There a Gender Gap?

Nagler, Jonathan

Labor Unions, Turnout, and Election Results

Nemacheck, Christine L.

Campaigning on the Court: Supreme Court Nominations as an Issue in Presidential Election Campaigns

Nokken, Timothy P.

Partisan Dynamics: Investigating Partisan Floor Activities Across Congressional Eras

Norris, Pippa

The Rise (and Fall?) of the Far Right in Europe

Oates, Sarah A.

The Mass Media, Elections, and the Failure of Democracy in Russia

Oxley, Zoe M.; Fox, Richard L.

Does Running With a Woman Help? Evidence from U.S. Gubernatorial Elections

Pearson, Kathryn

Strategic Differences: The Gender Dynamics of Congressional Candidacies from 1982-2002

Pereira, Carlos; Renno Jr., Lucio R.

What's Next? Choice of Career and Electoral Performance in Brazilian Congress

Pickup, Mark A.; Johnston, Richard G.C.

Ads, News, and Vote Intention: The Ideodynamic Model in State-Space Form

Poggione, Sarah; Deitz, Janna L.

Virtue or Vice: The Electoral Consequences of Ideological Extremism in Legislative Behavior

Pope, Jeremy Clayne

Dynamics of Candidate Ideology in House Primaries, 1956-2000

Rabinovich, Julia; Canes-Wrone, Brandice

Who Parties? Responsiveness to Party Pressures in Congress

Radwin, David

The Influence of Policy Type on U.S. Executive-Legislative Relations

Raven, Thomas J.

Congress in Dynamic Equalibrium: Institutional Development and the House of Representatives, 1890-2000

Razaghian, Rose

The Financing of the Civil War: Confederate and Union Efforts

Reinhard, Michael R.

Ideological Stability and Deliberative Volatility: Evidence from Floor Votes and Policy Debates During the 100th, 104th and 105th Congress

Rice, Laurie L.

Learning About Presidential Primary Candidates: The Role of Campaigns

Roberts, Jason M.

Issues, Agendas, and Amendments: The House and Senate Roll Call Records Compared

Rose, Lawrence E.; Pettersen, Per Arnt

The Dog that Didn't Bark: Would Turnout of Non-Voters Make a Difference?

Rosenson, Beth A.

Term Limits and Corruption, Recruitment, and Retention

Rothenberg, Lawrence S.; Chiou, Fang-Yi

Curing Obstruction? Potential Effects of Reforming the Filibuster

Rothenberg, Lawrence S.; Fox, Justin

Taking a Legislative Stand: Signaling Peers or Wooing Constituents?

Roust, Kevin

Minority Rights in the House of Representatives

Sala, Brian R.

An Alternate Ranking of Committee Power in the House of Representatives

Sanbonmatsu, Kira

Candidate Gender and Voting in Statewide Elections: Evidence from Ohio

Sarbaugh-Thomas, Marjorie

Political, Institutional and Individual Effects of Legislative Term Limits in Michigan

Schaffner, Brian F.

The Influence of Party in Committees

Schecter, David Lawrence

Right of Removal: Recall Politics in the Modern Era

Scherer, Nancy

The Emerging Use of Lower Court Judges as a Campaign Issue

Schickler, Eric; Pearson, Kathryn

Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-1965

Schickler, Eric; Wawro, Gregory J.

Direct Election, Obstruction, and Cloture Reform

Schiller, Wendy J.

When Partisanship and Industrial Geography Collide: Explaining Differences between the House and Senate in U.S. Tariff Policy, 1883-1930

Segura, Gary M.; Fraga, Luis Ricardo

Race and the Recall: The Role of Race in the California Recall Election

Shabad, Goldie

Electoral Rules, Fluid Party Systems and Democratic Accountability in Emerging Democracies

Shafer, Byron E.; Claggett, William J.M.

Policy Preferences and Presidential Voting in Postwar American Elections

Shipan, Charles R.; Maltzman, Forrest

The Durability of Laws

Shor, Boris

The Policy Consequences of Bicameralism and Separation of Powers: Federal Spending at the Congressional District Level, 1983-2001

Smyth, Regina A.

Can A Strong Party System Sustain Weak Party Organizations? Lessons from the Russian Case

Southwell, Priscilla L.

Vote by Mail: Voter Preferences and Self-Reported Voting Behavior

Spence, Lester Kenyatta

Unpleasant Buffoonery: The Jesse Jackson Phenomenon and the Al Sharpton Campaign

Steel, Gill

What Voters Want, What Voters Get: Voters Policy Preferences and Party Policy Positions

Steigerwait, Amy L.

Death to Nominations: Holds, Filibusters, Senatorial Courtesy, and Other Ways to Kill a Judicial Nomination

Stewart, III, Charles

Senate Elections before the 17th Amendment

Stoll, Heather

Another Endogeneity Problem in Electoral Studies and More: Social Cleavages Revisited

Streb, Matthew J.

Do Absentee Voters Differ From Polling Place Voters? New Evidence From California

Sulkin, Tracy

Legislative Responsiveness to Campaign Challenges

Swers, Michele L.

Legislative Entrepreneurship and Women's Issues: An Analysis of Members' Bill Sponsorship and Cosponsorship Agendas

Tate, Katherine

Black Power and Rainbow Dreams in the Presidential Bids of Sharpton and Moseley Braun

Taylor, Andrew J.

The Length and Sequence of Lawmaking

Taylor, Justin B.

When Do Voters Really Have a Choice? Examining the Effects of the Political Environment on the Emergence of Primary Competition in the U.S. Congress

Teles, Steven M.

The Insularity of American Representation Across Time and Space: 1789-2003

Theriault, Sean M.

Party Polarization in Congress

Ting, Michael M.

Organizational Capacity

Tofias, Michael; Aldrich, John H.

It Takes Two: Examining Congress with a Two-Dimensional Political Space

Tolbert, Caroline J.; Smith, Daniel A.

Recalling Progressivism: The Educative Effects of Direct Democracy

Tomz, Michael R.; Sniderman, Paul M.

A Solution to the Constraint Problem in Mass Belief Systems

Treier, Shawn; Pope, Jeremy Clayne

Measuring Ideology in the Constitutional Convention

Vavreck, Lynn; Green, Donald P.

The Effects of PSA Advertising on Turnout: Results from a Fully Randomized Field Study

Wagner, Michael W.; Schaffner, Brian F.

Buy One, Get One Free? The Impact of Advertising on Senate Campaign Coverage

Winters, Richard F.

Rates vs. Flows, Symmetries vs. Asymmetries: Assessing the Impact of Changing Taxes on the Vote

Wiseman, Alan Edward; Volden, Craig; Ashworth, Scott

Bargaining in Legislatures over Particularistic and Collective Goods

Wolf, Patrick J.; Fellowes, Matthew C.

On-the-Take at Any Margin? Seniority, Electoral Marginality and Vote-Buying in the U.S. Congress

Zaller, John R.

Holding their Feet to the Fire: Effects of Local News on Political Representation

NPSA

Author

Title of Paper

Bourbeau, James R.; Ladewig, Jeffrey W.

The Nature of Conferee Selection in the U.S. House of Representatives

Clark, Tom

A Crisis of Confirmation? George Bush's Judicial Nominees and Constitutional Crises

Frisch, Scott A.; Kelly, Sean Q.

A Place at the Table Revisited: Women's Committee Requests and Assignment in the Republican Congress

Harris, Douglas B.

Party Message Organizations in the U.S. House of Representatives

Marion, John

The Effects of Campaign Debates on Newspaper Coverage of the 2000 Senate Elections

Maxwell, Jewerl

Congressional Delegation Through an 'Intelligible Principle'

Rutledge, Paul E.

The Dynamic Behavior of U.S. Senators: 1980-2002

Stonecash, Jeffrey M.; Widestrom, Amy

The Post-WWII Decline in the Incumbency Effect

Widmaier, Wesley

The Rhetorical Polity: The Erosion of Deliberation in American Politics

SPSA

Author

Title of Paper

Abramowitz, Alan; Alexander, Brad; Gunning, Matthew

Explaining the Decline of Competition in U.S. House Elections

Aistrup, Joseph

Micro-partisanship and Party Strength in States: 1975-2004

Albritton, Robert

Impacts of State Legislative Reform on Costs of State Government

Anderson, R. Bruce; Wrsenski, Rhonda L.

Fram Faction to Party: Roll Call Evidence of Political Party Development in the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1980-2002

Battista, James

Committee Votes and Committee Theories

Berard, Stanley P.

Placing the South in the Modern U.S. House: Evidence from Bill Sponsorship in the 107th Congress

Berggren, D. Jason

House Southern Democrats: Republican Allies in War and Culture, 2001-2004

Bertelli, Anthony; Grose, Christian R.

Administrators, Legislators, and Presidents: Are Cabinet Secretaries Ideologically Closer to Congress or the President?

Binning, William; Blumberg, Melanie; Green, John

Scaring the Dinosour; The 2004 Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary

Bond, John R.; Fletcher, Richard

The Creation of an Endangered Species: Cross-pressured Members of the U.S. Senate

Brasher, Holly

Media Attention, Legislative Hearings, and Legislative Outcomes

Campbell, Kristin

More of the Same? Media Homogeneity in Congressional Election Coverage

Carroll, Celia

Factors Affecting Deliberation in the U.S. House

Carter, James; Waggener, Tamara

Congressional Dynasties; State and Regional Differences and Their Consequences

Casellas, Jason

Determinants of the Election for Latinos to State Legislatures and Congress

Caverly, Matthew

Congressional Entrepreneurship as an Influence Over Legislative-Executive Relations

Conley, Richard

Presidential Republics and Divided Government: Comparing Lawmaking and Executive Politics in the US and France

Connelly, Jr., William F.

Legislative Party Strategy and the Separation of Powers

Crespin, Michael

Follow the Money: Geography, Redistricting, and Campaign Contributions to Congressional Candidates

Crowley, Jocelyn

Moving Beyond Tokenism: Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and the Election of Women to State Legislatures

Den Hartog, Chris; Goodman, Craig

Party Loyalty and Privileged Committees in the House of Representatives

Erler, Helen Abbei

Term Limits, Legislative Organization, and Public Policy: An Examination of Economic Policy Choices in the American States

Fine, Jeffrey

Reexamining the Effects of Divided Government on Policy Punctuations

Forgette, Richard; Scruggs, Lindsay

Committee Assignments and House Republicans: Have Party Effects Increased?

Forren, John P.

Congressional Overrides of Supreme Court Decisions: An Examination of Current Theories

Freund, Elizabeth

Presidential Success in Foreign and Domestic Policy Areas

Garner, Andrew

Principles, Processes and Incumbency: Do Redistricting Principles Affect Incumbency Protection at the State Level?

Gaddie, Ronald Keith; Bullock III, Charles S.

The Political Consequences of Uncontrolled Redistrictings

Gonyar, Chris; Heberlig, Eric; Leland, Suzanne

Term Limits and the Creation of Legislative 'Alumni Clubs': Government Experience in State Legislatures

Hardy, Michael J. ; McCurdy, Karen M.

Representational Threshold: Women in Congressional Committees

Hatcher, Andrea C.

U.S. Senate Majority Leaders: Effects of Leadership on Roll Call Voting

Hora, Jennifer J.

The Art of Political Persuasion: A Study of How Presidents Informally Influence Outcomes

Hume, Robert J.

The Effects of Organization Structure on the Responses of Federal Agencies to the U. S. Courts of Appeals

Karch, Andrew; Busch, Eric

Electoral Competition and Committee Assignments: Lessons from the American States

Kassell, Jason

Institutional Stability and the U.S. Congress: A Perspective on Political Development

Kernell, Samuel; Rice, Laurie

When Presidents Try to Influence Conference Committees with Veto Threats

Miller, Mark C.

Court-Legislative Interactions in Massachusetts: Campaign Finance Reform and Same-Sex Marriage

Moscardelli, Vincent; Palazzolo, Daniel J. , Randall Strahan

Republican Committee Assignments and House Ways and Means: Maintaining a Majority or Enacting Party Policy?

Mueller, Melinda A.; Poole, Barbara L.

A New Year of the Woman? Women Candidates for U.S. House Seats in 2004

Owens, John E.

Skills, Style, and Context: An Interactionist Model of Contemporary House Leadership

Palmer, Barbara; Simon, Dennis

The Political Geography of Women Friendly Congressional Districts

Peake, Jeffrey S.; Jackson, David J.; Biglaiser, Glen

Trade Preferences Amid Changing Political Contexts: A Preference Switching Analysis on the Trade Policy in the U.S. House

Poggione, Sarah

Legislative Organization and the Policymaking Process: The Effect of Women State Legislators on Welfare Policy

Raber II, Donald R.

Legislative Oversight of Bureaucracy: Police Patrols and Fire Alarms in Three Profile Cases, 2001-2004

Raber II, Donald R.; Palazzolo, Daniel J.; Shogan, Colleen

Party Power in the U.S. Senate: Shaping the Ideological Content of the Legislative Agenda

Riddlesperger, Jr., King, James D.; Engstrom, Richard N.

The Impact of 2003 Redistricting on 2004 Elections: The Cases of Colorado and Texas

Ringstad, Andres

The Conditionality of Committee Power in the U.S. House

Ristei; Mihaiela; Clark, John A.

Ethnicity and Representation in the California General Assembly, 2001-2003

Rouse, Stella; Bratton, Kathleen

The Political War on Drugs: Explaining Congressional Roll Call Voting on U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy

Rutledge, Paul

Explaining Roll Call Votes and the Effects of the Party Line in the United States Senate, 1976-2002

Schaffner, Brian F.; Wagner, Michael

Buy One, Get One Free? The Impact of Advertising on Senate Campaign Coverage

Schecter, David L.

Wither the State Legislature? How Arnold Schwarzenegger is Transforming Executive-Legislative Relations in California

Schraufnagel, Scot D.

Congressional Incivility and Policy Gridlock

Schreck, Deron T.

Changes in Balloting and their Effects on Third Party House and Gubernatorial Representation

Smith Brian W.; Gershtenson, Joseph; Mangun, William

The Changing Face of Environmental Legislation and the Republican Congress

Tankersley, Holley E.

Good Ol' Gals Network? The Role of Women's Political Organizations in the U.S. Senate Elections, 1792-2002

Thielemann, Greg

The End of Non-partisanship in the Texas House

Ura, Joseph

Veto Bargaining Under Judicial Review: A Game Theoretical Approach

Weissert, Carol S.; Halperin, Karen

The View from Back Home: County Party Leaders' Perceptions of Term Limits

Winburn, Jonathan

Legislative Redistricting and Candidate Entry and Exit

Young, Garry; Wilkins, Vicky

Vote Switchers and Party Influence in the U.S. House

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