Majority Party Leadership and Budget Policymaking in the House of Representatives

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ID6182963
AuthorsDaniel J Palazzolo (University of Richmond, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume19
Issue2
Pages157-174
Publication date1992-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCongress & the Presidency (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0734-3469 • E-ISSN: 1944-1053
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07343469209507898
OpenAlexW2517848085
LanguageEN
References cited10

Budget policy dominated the congressional agenda during the 1980s. During that same period, the Speaker of the House of Representatives became more involved in formulating the priorities of the majority party, a task traditionally left up to committees. This paper traces the development of the Speaker's role in formulating budget priorities by assessing changes in the Speaker's relationship with the House Budget Committee. The paper identifies the conditions under which the Speaker became a more active participant in budget policymaking and the individual qualities that define each Speaker's style. In particular, I compare the leadership styles of Speakers Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.) and James Wright (D-Tex.). Both O'Neill and Wright operated under similar conditions that enhanced the Speaker's role in policymaking: divided government, large deficits, and high levels of party unity. But they exercised different leadership styles, and the differences are based partly on two individual factors: policy expertise and conception of leadership

Economics · Government (linguistics · House of Representatives · Leadership style · Linguistics · Management · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Style (visual arts · Task (project management · Wright · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · History · Law · Public Administration

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