The limits of party : Congress and lawmaking in a polarized era / James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curry, James M., author.

Lee, Frances E., author.

Series:

Chicago studies in American politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

United States.

Legislative power--United States.

Legislative power.

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Summary:

"When a party achieves control of Congress, as the Republicans did from 2014 to 2018, to what extent is it able to bend legislative outcomes toward its policy preferences? Are parties in Congress capable of following through on their vision for public policy? Can they leverage their enhanced cohesion, as we have seen in the last decade or so and procedural power as the majority party in the House and the Senate, to enact their partisan programs? The authors argue that bipartisanship remains the key to legislative success, even in a time of partisan polarization. Even in the contemporary, partisan Congress, most laws--including landmark laws such as the recent criminal justice reform legislation--still pass with broad bipartisan support"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Majority Party Capacity in a Polarized Era

The Persistence of Bipartisan Lawmaking

Why Do Majority Parties Fail?

How Do Majority Parties Succeed?

Bipartisanship and the Decline of Regular Order

Credit Claiming and Blaming: How Members React to Legislation in Public

Constancy and Continuities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index.

ISBN:

9780226716213

022671621X

9780226716350

022671635X

OCLC:

1141979821