LSS Newsletter, January 2006, Papers Presented

Volume 29, Number 1, January 2006

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 1-4, 2005, Washington, DC.

SPSA: Papers presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2006, Atlanta, GA

NPSA: Papers presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association annual meeting, November 17-19, 2005, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

American Political Science Association (APSA)

Author	Title of Paper
Aleman, Eduardo; Tsebelis, George	Presidents, Parties and Agenda Control in Latin America
Anderson, Melissa Cully	Referees of Their Own Game: Understanding When and Why State Legislators Have Relinquished Authority
Anderson, Sarah	Pivots, Parties, and Policy: Testing Pivotal Politics Models of Appropriations
Arter, David	Scottish Committee Activity Outside Edinburgh: Towards a Mobilized Small Democracy?
Bailer, Stefanie	Strategic Positioning or Sincere Expression of Opinion? An Analysis of the Negotiation Positions of Governments in EU Negotiations
Bambaci, Juliana	Executive Legislative Relations in the Americas
Barkan, Joel D.	Emerging Legislature or Rubber Stamp? The South African National Assembly After Ten Years of Democracy
Batto, Nathan F.	Providing Cover: Party Loyalty and Disloyalty in the Taiwanese Legislature
Beckmann, Matthew N.	Navigating the Legislative Divide: Partisan Polarization, Political Capital, and Presidential Opportunism
Bernstein, Jonathan	Outside Ads and the Expanded Party in House Election after Reform
Bertelli, Anthony Michael; Carson, Jamie L.	Measuring Constituency Influence in Congressional Voting Decisions
Bickers, Kenneth N.; Stein, Robert M.	Whither the Challenger: Congressional Elections in Metropolitan America
Bradbury, Jonathan Paul	Representative-Constituency Relations in the UK: The Impact of Regional Devolution and Electoral Reform
Brunell, Thomas L.	In Defense of Packed Congressional Districts: the Relationship Between Ideological Homogeneity and Satisfaction with Representation
Buchler, Justin; Dominguez, Casey Byrne	The Honeymoon Effect: Investigating Individual Members' Propensities to Support the President
Bumbaci, Juliana	Executive Legislative Relations in the 50 U.S. States
Burkhalter, Stephanie	Message Discipline in Floor Deliberations in the Contemporary Congress: A Study of the Estate Tax Repeal
Carey, John M.	Political Institutions, Competing Principals, and Party Unity in Legislative Voting
Carroll, Royce A.; Cox, Gary W.	Shadowing Ministers
Carson, Jamie L.; Roberts, Jason M.	Assessing the Incumbency Advantage Across Time: Evidence from the Nineteenth Century U. S. Congress
Cheibub, Jose Antonio	Coalitions and Policy Capacity in Parliamentary and Presidential Democracies
Cho, Grace	Representing Non-Citizens: Potential Voters or Ignored Constituents?
Choiu, Fang-Yi	Modeling Legislative Obstruction in the U.S. Senate
Clucas, Richard A.	Term Limits and Partisan Swings
Crisp, Brian F.; Desposato, Scott W.	Dimensionality, Ideal Points, and the Party Effect
Cummins, Jeff	The President's Domestic Agenda, Divided Government and the Impact on the Public Agenda
Dolan, Kathleen	The Impact of women Candidates on Voting Behavior in American Elections
Dull, Matthew M	Information, Capacity, and Control: Delegation and the Government Performance and Results Act, 1993-2003
Elliott, Steven Douglas	Are Uncompetitive Elections Producing a Distrustful Public?
Engstrom, Erik J.	Strategic Redistricting and Competitive Congressional Elections
Esterling, Kevin M.; Lazer, David	Connecting to Congress: The Adoption of Web Technologies Among Congressional Offices
Evans de Carvalho, Ana Maria	Power, Ideology, and the Composition of European Political Groups
Feeley, T. Jens	Issue Concentration in the Modern House, 1967-1998
Feldmann, Sven	Legislation with Court Enforcement: How to Hedge Against Enforcement Bias
Ferretti, Natalia	Electoral Competition, Policy Insulation, and Scheduling Rules in the Legislature: The Argentine Case
Fiber, Pamela; Arsneault, Shelly	Healthy Representation, Healthy Woman? Female State Legislators and Women's Health Services
Finocchiaro, Charles J.	The Allocation of Credit-Claiming Opportunities in this Partisan Era of the U. S. House
Forgette, Richard G.; Winkle III, John	Legislatures, Courts, and Redistricting: The Un-Principled Politics of Congressional Redistricting
Fowler, Linda L.; Law, Richard B.	Declining Fortunes: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1946-2004
Frisby, Tammy M.	The Termed-Out Incumbency Advantage: How Strategic Opponents and Public Information from Term Limits Increase Last Term Margins of Victory
Frisch, Scott A.	The Politics of House Appropriations Subcommittee Assignments
Fulton, Sarah	Designing Women: Gender, Political Quality and Professionalization in Progressive Ambition
Gilens, Martin	Economic Inequality and Democratic Responsiveness: A Vicious Circle?
Godwin, Erik Kinji	Congress and the Bureaucracy as Unlikely Bedfellows: How and Why Federal Agencies Use Statutory Mandates to Constrain the President
Gomez, Brad T.	Party Voting and the Institutionalization of the Whip System
Green, Joanne Connor	Gender and District Partisanship: Do Women Candidates Polarize Elections?
Green, Matthew	Polarization, Leadership, and Partisan Moments in the U. S. Congress, 1880-2000
Greenwald, David; Sala, Brian R.	PAC Receipts, Issue Advocacy Spending and Senator's Support for Business and Labor Union Interests
Gulati, Girish H.	Members of Congress and Presentation of Self in Washington and at Home
Hammond, Thomas H.; Monroe, Nathan W.	A Multi-Institutional Explanation for the Emergence of Standing Committees in the House and Senate, 1789-1825
Harris, Douglas B.	Party Message Organizations in the United States House of Representatives
Hartog, Chris Den	The Powers and Limits of Parties in the U.S. Senate
Heberlig, Eric S.	Enjoying the Good Times, Avoiding the Bad? The Effects of State Budgets on Legislative Career Patterns
Hiroi, Taeko	Bicameralism and Legislative Capacity in Brazil
Hogan, Robert E.; Hamm, Keith E.	Targeting Campaign Resources in Legislative Elections: Do Campaign Finance Rules Affect Interest Group Strategies?
Jarvis, Matthew	Clinton's Veto Threats: Speaking Often, and the Need to Wield the Big Stick
Jarvis, Matthew	The Ideological Consequences of Partisan Legislation
Jones, David R.	The Partisan Direction of the Legislative Agenda, 1945-2000
Jun, Hae-Won	Does "Who Sets What" Matter? Legislative Voting in the European Parliament
Kalandrakis, Tasos	Revisiting the Role of Structure on the Induction of Legislative Equilibrium
Karch, Andrew J.	Electoral Competition and Legislators' Goals: Lessons from the American States
Karol, David	Party Coalitions, Interest Groups and the Limits of Unidimensionality in congress
Kasfir, Nelson; Twebaze, Steven	The Limits of Institutionalization of a Legislature without Parties: The Ugandan Parliament
Kernell, Georgia	Giving Order to Districts: Estimating Median Voters' Positions and District Heterogeneity Using National Election Returns
Kernell, Samuel	Electoral Institutions and the Responsiveness of State Legislative Elections to National Forces During the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Khmelkio, Irina; Wise, Charles	Committee Roles in Legislative Politics of Developing Legislatures: The Case of the Ukrainian Parliament
Koger, Gregory	Filibustering in Congress: A Formal Model and Historical Analysis
Kousser, Thad	Looking at Multimember Districts to Gauge Party Influence
Krehbiel, Keith; Woon, Jonathan	A Classification Scheme for Legislative Roll Calls
Kriner, Douglas Lee	Hollow Rhetoric or Hidden Influence?: Domestic Political Constraints on the Presidential Use of Force
Ladewig, Jeffrey W.; Bourbeau, James Robert	Legislative Organization and Conference committee Selection
Landa, Dimitri; Lax, Jeffrey R.	Information and Constraint: On the Rationale for Dissenting Opinions on the Supreme Court
Lawrence, Eric D.; Smith, Steven S.	Changing Patterns of Party Effects in Congressional Voting
Lebo, Matthew	Strategic Party Government: A Theoretical and Historical Explanation of Party Influence in Congress, 1789-2000
Lee, Frances E.	The Ties that Bind: Unpacking the Ideological and Power Stakes that Unify Congressional Partisans, 1991-2004
Leon, Vidal F. Romero	One for All and All for One? A Theory of Presidents and Their Parties
Lindstaedt, Rene	Distributive Politics During Periods of Realignment: The New Deal and the Mobilization of New Constituencies
Londregan, John Benedict	Constitutional Power Sharing and Policy Lock-In
Lutz, Georg	Political Elites and Voter Mobilization in Direct Democracy
Lynch, Michael S.	Examining the Uncovered Set in Supermajoritarian Institutions
Lyne, Mona M.	Rehabilitating Presidentialism: A General Electoral Theory of Executive-Legislative Cooperation
Maestas, Cherie; Plane, Dennis L.; Rugeley, Cindy	Bringing in Big Bucks: Candidate Quality and Campaign Receipts from Large Donors in U.S. House Elections
Mann, Christopher B.	A Personal Interest Distinct from that of their Constituents: Congressional Alignments and the Development of Campaign Finance Regulation
McGann, Anthony J.; Latner, Michael	Consensus without Veto-Players: Testing Theories of Consensual Democracy
Miler, Kristina	The Role of Caucuses in Congressional Representation: Symbolic or Substantive?
Milstein, Andrew	Nominations and Institutional Conflict: The Cases of the Clinton 1997 and Bush 2005 Nominations to the Executive and Judiciary
Moestrup, Sophia	Semi-Presidentialism in Young Democracies
Monogran II, James Edward	Mandate Elections Before Polling
Monroe, Burt L.	Rhetorical Ideal Point Estimation: Mapping Legislative Speech
Murakami, Michael Hughes	Leaving the House: Explaining the Higher Retirement Rate of Republicans
Neto, Octavio Amorim	Cabinet Duration in Presidential Democracies
Park, David K.	Constituency and Representation in the U. S. House of Representatives
Pearson, Kathryn; Schickler, Eric	Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1939-1965
Peress, Michael	Checks and Balances in a Two-Party System
Primo, David M.	The "Law of 1/n" Legislature Size and Government Spending
Puglisi, Riccardo	What Do Campaign Contributions Tell Us About Candidate Quality?
Razaghian, Rose	Confirmation Delay: Executive Branch Nominations in Committee and on the Senate Floor, 1885-1996
Richards, Erin E.	Predicting the Pool: the Presence of Potential Candidates for Political Office
Roberts, Andrew	Coalition Formation in Eastern Europe
Roberts, Jason M.; Bell, Lauren Cohen	Keeping Score: Parties, Interest Groups, and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
Rosenson, Beth A.	Party Leaders Under Investigation: Three Ethics Committee Cases Over the Past 25 Years
Roust, Kevin	Minority Rights in the House of Representatives: Special Rules and the Motion to Recommit
Salmond, Rob	The Behavioral Consequences of Parliamentary Question Times: How the Nature of Executive Accountability Affects Citizen Information and Turnout
Sanbonmatsu, Kira	Do Parties Know that "Women Win"? Party Leader Beliefs about Women's Electoral Chances
Sarbaugh-Thompson, Marjorie	Future Directions in State Legislative Term Limits Research
Schleiter, Petra	Semipresidentialism Regimes: Providing Flexibility of Generating Governance Problems?
Schwartz, Liam	Separated Powers and Congressional Development
Sellers, Patrick J.	Politicians' Manipulation of and by the News
Sin, Gisela	How the Senate and President Affect the Organization of the House When the Majority Party Does Not Change: A Test of the Constitutional Theory of Legislative Organization
Sprague, Mary	Republican High Demanders?: Committee Influence by Party
Sullivan, Terry	Constitutional Mechanics and the Shape of Presidential Support
Swers, Michele L.	Wielding Power in the New Senate Club: Women and Representation in the U.S. Senate
Thames, Frank C.	Parliamentary Party Switching in the Ukrainian Rada, 1998-2002
Theriault, Sean M.	Procedural Polarization in Congress and the Power of the People
Tyson, Vanessa	Policy Influence in Influence Districts
Vinson, C. Danielle	Congress Goes Public: Who is Using the Media for Policymaking Goals?
Wilkerson, John D.; Adler, Scott	Subcommittee Membership and Legislative Specialization
Witko, Christopher M.; Friedman, Sally	Business Backgrounds and Congressional Behavior
Wolfsenberger, Don	Questions of Privilege in the House: Minority Party Tools for Unity, Accountability, and Reform
Won, Julie June	Legislative Organization in the European Parliament
Woon, Jonathan; Pope, Jeremy Clayne	Agenda Setting and Party Reputation
Wright, Gerald C.; Hayes Clark, Jennifer	Parties and Stability in Legislative Voting Coalitions
Yoshinaka, Antoine	Committee Representativeness in the U.S. House: A New Look at an Old Question
Young, Garry; Heitshusen, Valerie; Wood, David M.	Home Style from the Demand Side: A Comparative Look at Westminster Systems

Southern Political Science Association (SPSA)

Author	Title of Paper
Aldrich, John; Brady, Michael; McDonald, Ian; Nyhan, Brendan; Rohde, David; Tofias, Michael	The Dynamics of Partisan Behavior: CPG in the House and in the Districts 1982-2000
Arbour, Brian	What Have You Done for Me Previously? Candidate Records as Credibility Building Mechanisms
Berard, Stanley	Roll-Call Ideology and Southern Representation in the U.S. House
Bigelow, Nathan	Extremism, Polarization, and Representation in the Statehouse
Bishin, Benjamin G.	Subconstituency Politics: A Theory of Legislative Representation and Coalition Building Based on Social Identity
Bobic, Michael	Comparing Senate Minorarity Leadership: Howard Baker (1977) and Robert Byrd (1981)
Boehmke, Frederick J.	State Lobbying Registration By Native American Tribes
Bowler, Shaun	Testing Theories of Legislative Institutions: The Rapporteur in the European Parliament
Branton, Regina; Jones, Brad; Byrne, Jennifer	Race, Ethnicity, and U.S. House Incumbent Evaluations
Cann, Damon	The Decline of the Seniority System in the U.S. House of Representatives
Carney, Kate; Rosenthal, Cindy Simon	Policy Influence and Descriptive Representation: The Effect of Identity Caucuses on Member Behavior
Caruco, Rodrigo; Schraufnagel, Scot	An Individual Analysis of the Decline in Comity in the Post-Reform Congress
Casellas, Jason P.	Electing Latino Legislators in non-Latino Majority Districts
Caverly, Matthew	The Multiple Presidencies Thesis: An Alternative Conceptual Framework for Executive-Legislative Relations in Foreign Policy Construction
Chiasky, Carrie A.	Lois Lane and Clark Kent: The Impact of Gender on Newspaper Reporters' Coverage of U.S. Senatorial Elections
Conley, Richard S.; Yon, Richard	The Office of Congressional Relations, Roll-Call Predictions, and Divided Government: The Eisenhower Experience, 83rd-84th Congresses
Craig, Stephen C.; Hill, David; Richards, Scott	Citizen Attitudes about Divided Government in the United States: Does the Public Really Care?
Crespin, Michael H.; Finocchiaro, Charles J.; Wilk, Eric	Are All Votes Treated Equally? Party, Accountability and Electoral Fortunes in the U.S. House of Representatives
Cutrone, Michael	Parties, Pivots, and the Patients' Bill of Rights
Dodd, Lawrence C.	Legislative Mastery: Goals, Skills and Learning in the California and Indiana State Legislatures, 1983-2000
Dougherty, Keith; Heckelman, Jac	Behavior of Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: Money and Debt Clauses
Duff, Jeremy	Personal Commitments, Voter Preferences, and Senators' Position Taking
Dusso, Aaron	The Crossroads of Interest and Action: The Effect of Government Activities on Interest Groups' Decision to Lobby
Evans, Jocelyn Jones	Putting Party Culture Theory to the Test: Examining Partisan Voting Behavior in the 103rd-107th Congresses of the U.S. House of Representatives
Evans, Larry; Behringer, Courtney; Blue, Pierce	Majority Agenda Control and Legislative Strategy in the U.S. House
Evans, Larry; Bradbury, Erin; Davidson, Ryan	The Senate Whip System: A Bicameral Perspective
Falk, Erika	Legislative Issue Advertising in the 108th Congress: Pluralism or Peril?
Farrier, Jasmine	Congress's Cycles of Delegation and Regret: BRAC 1988-2005
Fogette, Richard	The Un-Principled Politics of Redistricting
Forestiere, Carolyn	Committees and Opposition Strength in Parliament: Non Party Arenas or Party Cartels
French, Stewart L.	Intraparty Dissent and Party Control: Examining Debate in the House of Commons
Friedberg, Chen	The Israeli Committee System: Problems and Solutions
Frisch, Scott A.	The Politics of House Appropriations Subcommittee Assignments
Gailmard, Sean; Boehmke, Frederick J.; Patty, John W.	Interest Group Lobbying across Venues and Policies
Gibson, M. Troy; Hood III, M.V.	Exploring the Linkage Between Black Turnout and Down-Ticket Challenges to Black Incumbents
Grindlife, Stonegarden	Just a Resolution: Strategic Use of House Rules Committee Resolutions in the 99th to 108th Congresses
Grose, Christian	Legislative Learning, Party Polarity, and Incumbent Cue-Taking in Congress
Hixon, William	Uncertainty and the Evaluation of Legislative Leaders
Horowitz, Juliana	Fighting the Culture Wars in the U.S. Congress: The Rise of Cultural Issues on the Congressional Agenda
Ingram, Christopher G.	Protectionism for the Sake of Free Trade: The Effect of George W. Bush's Steel and Lumber Tariffs on Congressional Support for Presidential Trade-Negotiating Authority
Jones, Bryan D.; Wilkerson, John D.	Agenda-Setting and Representation: Comparing, Hearings and Bill Introductions
Kan, Insun	Divided Government and Legislative Professionalism in the U.S. States
Kim, Myunghee	Ideological Polarization and Legislative Performance in Parliamentary Systems
King, Barbara M.	Legislative Style and Substance: An Analysis of Female Senators in the 103rd through the 105th Congress
Krutz, Glen	Winnowing in Environmental Policy: Jurisdictional Challenges and Opportunities
Lazarus, Jeffrey	The Self-Selective source of the Experienced Challenger Advantage.
Liu, Xinsheng; Lindquist, Eric	Explaining Climate Change Issue Status in U.S. Congress and News Media
Lucas, Jennifer C.	Women's Words: Gender and Speechmaking in the U.S. Congress
Mann, Christopher B.	Regulating Money in Campaigns: The Intersection of Public Policy and the Self Interest of Members of Congress
Martin, Christopher	Pleasing the Partisans: The Political Context of Supreme Court Nominations
May, Jeff; Nokken, Tim	Congressional Committee Transfers and the Electoral Connection
McClendon, Roy	The Effects of Hurricane Katrina: The Real Tragedy
McGhee, Eric; Moscardelli, Vince	Reforming Parliament: Institutional Choices and Member Power
McGowen, III, Ernest	The Effect of Geographic Concentration on Minority Voting Behavior
McLaughlin, Matthew J.	Presidential Coattails Redefined: Evidence from the 2000 Election
Morris, Irwin L.	Returning the Favor: The Impact of Presidential Campaign Visits on Legislators' Support for the President's Agenda
Panagopoulos, Costas	Size Doesn't Always Matter: The Impact of White House Staff Size on Presidential Success in Congress
Patty, John W.	Conditional Partisanship: Looking for Partisan Effects on Roll Call Votes in the U.S. House
Pelizzo, Riccardo	The Public Accounts Committee in Comparative Perspective
Poggione, Sarah; Deitz, Janna	The "Ideological" Electoral Connection: The Effects of Legislative Extremism on Contestation and Vote Share
Reeves, Andree	By Procedure What Can't be Done by Argument
Reichert, M. Shawn	Free Agents, Loose Cannons, or Responsible Representatives?: Members of the European Parliament
Richardson, Lilliard; Cooper, Christopher A.	Casework in the U.S. State Legislatures
Ring, Nils	Uncertainty, Expertise and Information: The Delegation of Decision-Making Within Legislatures
Schickler, Eric; Pearson, Kathryn	Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-1952
Schraufnagel, Scot; Hall, Nora; McCloughlin, Kevin	A Contemporary Analysis of Third Party Voting for US House Seats
Seo, Jungkun	Party Reputation, Party Unity, and Policy Change: The Case of Defense Spending Decisions in the U.S. Congress during the Nixon Administration
Sheffield, Jr., James F.	Oppositional Forces? White Block Voting and Incumbency
Sousa, David; Klyza, Christopher McGrory	Building a New American (Green) State? The Next Generation Agenda and the Problem of Institutional Reconstruction
Stanig, Piero	Bribes, Campaign Finance, and Freedom of the Press
Stewart III, Charles; Edwards, Keith	Congressional Committee Hierarchies in the Republican Era
Straus, Jacob	Freshman in the United States House of Representatives: 1974-1994
Strine IV, Harry C. "Neil"	Your Testimony Was Splendid: The Treatment of Celebrities and Non-celebrities in Congressional Hearings
Strong, Robert A.	Tower's Inferno: George H.W. Bush and the Confirmation Controversy at the Outset of His Administration
Treier, Shawn	Conversion and Replacement Effects in the Senate
Vaughn, Justin S.; Villalobos, Jose	Anatomy of a Veto Threat: The Evolution of a Presidential Message
Werner, Timothy	Interest Groups, Electioneering, and Issue Ownership in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 Congressional Elections
Workman, Samuel G.	Agency Life Spans: Problem Solving and Congress
Yoshinaka, Antoine	Committee Representativeness in the U.S. House: A New Look at an Old Question
Young, Garry; Heitshusen, Val; Wood, David	Home Style from the Demand Side: A Comparative Look at Westminister Systems

Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA)

Author	Title of Paper
Auerbauch, Bruce	Justice to Posterity: Can Democratic Institutions Protect Future Generations?
Blumbert, Melanie J.	The Incumbency Effect: Measuring "Nightmare Concepts"
Champagne, Anthony	The Failed Leadership Succession of John McDuffie
Cutrone, Michael	Parties, Pivots, and the Patients' Bill of Rights
Elder, Laurel	Why Republican Women Don't Run: Understanding the Partisan Gap Among Female Public Officials
Harris, Douglas M.	The New Deal Meets the Reform Congress: The Austin-Boston Alliance in the 1960s and 1970s
Hedlund, Ronald D.; Harrison, Keith; Lobianco, Thomas	State Legislative Committee Appointments: Maximizing Informational or Partisan Goals
Holden, Hannah	The Intersectionality of Race and Gender in Representation in State Legislatures
Jalalzai, Farida; Hankinson, Chad A.	Political Widowhood in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Underlying Assumptions of Representation
Leckrone, Wesley	The Executive and Congressional Pork Presidential Support for Non-Material "Boutique" Issues in Distributive Legislation
Lucas, Jennifer	Legislative Role Orientation in State Legislatures
Mulcare, Daniel	Slavery, Internal Improvements and the Development of States' Police Powers
Riddlesperger, James C.	Jim Wright's Landslide
Saiger, Aaron	An Emerging Constitutional Moment in Educational Governance
Tandbert, David; Wadsworth, Stephen; Yuce, Emre; Uriarte, Gabriel	In the Shadow of Representatives in Flower: Junior House Members and Congressional Committees Over Time
Wallace, Marc A.	The Pursuit of Congressional Pork in the 1998 Empowerment Zones Program