Majority Party Strategy and Suspension of the Rules in the House
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Austin Bussing (0000-0002-7631-5493, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 921-959 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| 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.12302 |
| OpenAlex | W3045900007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 50 |
Most bills that pass the House of Representatives do so under suspension of the rules. Despite the procedure’s prevalence, however, we know little about its systematic use. Although the supermajoritarian threshold for passage of bills under suspension typically precludes the majority party from using these bills for partisan policy, I argue that leadership control over the procedure still allows for the pursuit of party goals. Speakers split the suspension agenda between noncontroversial but substantively important legislation and parochial bills that serve credit‐claiming goals of individual members. While the minority party is not entirely shut out of the process, I argue that Speakers have been strategic in appeasing minority party demands for inclusion. Using data on bills considered under suspension from 1973 to 2015, I demonstrate that the distribution of suspension bills systematically favors electorally vulnerable majority party incumbents, and largely excludes their minority party counterparts
Business · Economics · Inclusion (mineral · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Sociology · Suspension (topology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
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Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House
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Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives
Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress
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Insecure Majorities
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Geographic Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives
Geographic Politics in the U.S. House of Representatives
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It’s Nothing Personal
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Party Loyalty and Legislative Success
Abandoning the Regular Order
Partisan vote buying and suspensions in the Postreform House
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Bypassing Congressional Committees
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The Electoral Dynamics of the Federal Pork Barrel
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Political Parties and the Distribution of Federal Outlays
The Electoral Costs of Party Loyalty in Congress
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The Electoral Impact of Congressional Roll Call Voting
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How Words and Money Cultivate a Personal Vote
Out of Step, Out of Office
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |