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Setting the agenda : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives / Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Gary W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Committees.
- United States. Congress. House--Rules and practice.
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- Parliamentary practice.
- Committees.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Demonstrates that the majority party seizes agenda control at nearly every stage of the legislative process.
- Contents:
- Procedural cartel theory
- Cartel agenda model vs. floor agenda model
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521853796
- 0521619963
- OCLC:
- 57465531
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521853798
- 9780521619967
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