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Introduction to the American Political Process

Introduction to the American Political Process. Legislative Behavior: The Committee Model Part II. Congressional Committees. Woodrow Wilson: “Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in committee-rooms is Congress at work.” Why Committees? Institutional Reasons

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Introduction to the American Political Process

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  1. Introduction to the American Political Process Legislative Behavior: The Committee Model Part II

  2. Congressional Committees • Woodrow Wilson: “Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in committee-rooms is Congress at work.” • Why Committees? • Institutional Reasons • Personal Reasons • The Trinity of Congressional goals: reelection, power, public policy

  3. Congressional Committees: Effects • Assignment to committees • Committee on Committees • Role for self-selection • The possibility of bias • Preference outliers • Advantages and disadvantages

  4. Committees and Policy • Relationship between Committees and the Floor Median • Importance of Rules

  5. policy C M SQ Case 1 Case 1: • Under closed rule: committee would not kill bill (i.e., no gatekeeping power used), but committee will move legislation closer to their ideal point. • Under open rule: result is median.

  6. policy C SQ M Case 2 • Under closed rule: result is status quo; committee kills bill. • Under open rule: result is status quo; committee kills bill.

  7. policy SQ C M Case 3 Case 1: • Under closed rule: committee gets what it wants • Under open rule: result is median or SQ’, whichever is closer to C. • Evidence that moderate committee are more successful

  8. Placing Members in Space • How do we know where MOC and Senators Stand? • NOMINATE scores • ADA score

  9. NOMINATE

  10. ADA Scores

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