Circumventing Legislative Committees
The US Senate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas O Howard (0000-0002-5540-8201, Auburn University at Montgomery), Mark E Owens (The University of Texas at Tyler), Mark Owens (0000-0002-1563-3105, The University of Texas at Tyler) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-526 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12269 |
| OpenAlex | W2997131318 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
Committees have been established to improve legislation and make expert recommendations. However, many bills do not appear in committees, and how they reach the Senate floor varies in style and strategy. We develop and test expectations for when, as well as how, bills bypass Senate committee proceedings. The procedures legislators use to circumvent committees and what makes committee bypassing more probable are explored. The findings clearly demonstrate that bills introduced by ideologically extreme minority‐party members are more likely to bypass committees. We also show a clear shift in the procedural choices senators make as the Senate becomes increasingly polarized. This article highlights the procedural choices members make, how these choices produce differing outcomes, and suggests evidence of positive agenda power for individual minority‐party senators
Ideology · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Test (biology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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Setting the Agenda
Information and Legislative Organization
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Knowledge, Expertise, and Committee Power in the Contemporary Congress
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Regulating the Floor
The Partisan Basis of Procedural Choice
Senate Rules and the Civil Rights Bill
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |