The Keys to Legislative Success in the U.S. House of Representatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7329475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William D Anderson (0000-0003-1386-7714, The Ohio State University), J M Box-Steffensmeier (0000-0002-0878-6269, The Ohio State University), Janet M Box‐steffensmeier, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman (0000-0001-6427-5167, University of Rochester), VALERIA SINCLAIR‐CHAPMAN |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-386 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| 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 | 10.3162/036298003x200926 |
| OpenAlex | W2128586151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 92 |
| References cited | 48 |
Our research addresses how individual member behavior and institutional variables affect legislative success in the U.S. House of Representatives. Using new measures of activity from the 103d Congress (1993–94), a count dependent variable, and negative binomial regression, our analysis assesses member effectiveness. We find that a member's activity level encourages legislative success, but gains are limited when members speak or sponsor too frequently. Our results provide a clearer picture of the role of legislative context and the relevance of institutions in determining a member's legislative successes and failures
Context (archaeology · Geography · House of Representatives · Legislature · Political science · Relevance (law · Variables · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Law · Public Administration
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Théorie des courants multiples et systèmes politiques consensuels
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Tweeting racial representation
Legislative success and collaboration in the Texas State House
Latino congressional staffers and policy responsiveness
Lobbying and congressional bill advancement
Weapon of the Weak
Electoral persistence and the quality of public policies
Assessing the parliamentary activities of UK MPs
Promotion, Protection, and Entrepreneurship
Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach in the Global South
Goodbye to 1989 and All That
Companion Bills and Cross-Chamber Collaboration in the U.S. Congress
Selective Reciprocity in Bipartisan Collaboration
The Not-So-Silent Partner
Evaluating gender representation in Turkish political parties
Strategic donors and institutional constraints
A Statistical Model of Bipartite Networks
When Do Interest Groups Lobby Legislators in Strong Presidential Systems
The (Sometimes Untraceable) Origins of Policy Ideas in Congress
Strategies of Control
Who Sponsors the President's Program in the Opposition's House
Analytic Bureaucracy and the Policy Process
A River Runs Through It
Actividad legislativa, éxito e importancia como factores detrás de la producción legislativa
Nodos, centralidad y éxito legislativo en México
Patterns of (party competition in) democracy
Electoral Consequences of Lawmaking Activities for State Legislative Incumbents
Legislative Seniority in the Partisan Congress
How to Cautiously Uncover the “Black Box” of Machine Learning Models for Legislative Scholars
Institutional constraints, legislative activism and policy change
The Relational Determinants of Legislative Outcomes
The Primary Path for Turning Legislative Effectiveness into Electoral Success
Cabinets, Committees, and Careers
Bill Sponsorship in Congress
Effective Lawmaking across Congressional Eras
Restraining the Court
Issues and Institutions
Spatial Models of Legislative Effectiveness
Groups as Lawmakers
The Retention of Expertise and Productivity in State Legislative Committees
Formal Authority, Persuasive Power, and Effectiveness in State Legislatures
The Legislative Matching Game
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Lobbying from Inside the System
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Instant Credibility
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The Deaths of Ideas in Congress
Of Barriers to Entry for Medium and Large n Multiple Streams Applications
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Same Species, Different Breed
Issue Attention and Legislative Proposals in the U.S. Senate
Majority Party Strategy and Suspension of the Rules in the House
Networks in the Legislative Arena
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Legislative Productivity in the 93d–105th Congresses
Informative Committees and Legislative Performance in the American States
Legislative success in open sky congresses
The success of legislators’ bills in strong presidential systems
Minorities at the gate
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The Domestic Politics of Trade and Conflict1
Re-election
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Effectiveness of Connected Legislators
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Cue‐Taking in Congress
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Tracing the Flow of Policy Ideas in Legislatures
The Enduring Influence of Religion on Senators' Legislative Behavior
The Bicameral Context of Presidential Agenda Setting
Consensus, Conflict, and Partisanship in House Decision Making
Committee Parallelism and Bicameral Agenda Coordination
Legislating Versus Campaigning
Do network Connections Between Republican and Democratic Members of Congress Encourage Bipartisan Cooperation
The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Bill Sponsorship and Cosponsorship in Congress
Legislative Activity and the 1994 Republican Takeover
Listening to Hearings
Tried and Tested? Dynastic Persistence and Legislative Productivity at the Philippine House of Representatives
Crediting Invisible Work
The political uses of symbols
Congressional careers
Congress, keystone of the Washington establishment
Information and Legislative Organization
Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives
Minority Rights, Majority Rule
Trust
The Transformation of the U.S. Senate
Econometric Models for Count Data with an Application to the Patents-R & D Relationship
Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Methods
Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression, with an Application to Defects in Manufacturing
Estimation of Relationships for Limited Dependent Variables
Home Style
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Pivotal Politics
Perpetuating the Pork Barrel
Agenda Setting in the U. S. House
Legislature vs. Legislator
Looking for a smoking gun
Explaining Legislative Success in the U.S. Senate
Congress, The Electoral Connection
Explaining Legislative Success in the U. S. Senate
Congress
Congress and the Bureaucracy
Congress and the Bureaucracy
Cosponsorship in the U. S. Congress
Who Makes Our Laws? The Legislative Effectiveness of Members of the U. S. Congress
Living Up to Expectations
Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel
Analyzing Censored and Sample-Selected Data with Tobit and Heckit Models
Why Do Americans Love Their Congressmen so Much More than Their Congress
Pathways to Legislative Success
Event Count Models for International Relations
Constituency Characteristics and the "Guardian" Model of Appropriations Subcommittees, 1959-1998
Individual Incentives and Institutional Imperatives
Senators as Political Entrepreneurs
Norms and Folkways in Congress
Studying Congressional Norms
Are Congressional Committees Composed of Preference Outliers
The Strategic Agenda in Legislative Politics
The Learning of Legislative Norms
Conditions for Party Leadership
Citizens' Orientations Toward Legislatures
A Game Theoretic Model of Reform in Latin American Democracies
An Analytic and Empirical Examination of Zero-Inflated and Hurdle Poisson Specifications
| Unique citing works | 92 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 92 |