Separation of powers and legislative organization : the President, the Senate, and political parties in the making of House rules /
"This book examines how the constitutional requirements of the lawmaking process, combined with the factional divisions within parties, affect U.S. representatives' decisions about how to distribute power among themselves. The incorporation of the presidential, senatorial, and House factio...
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A constitutional perspective on house organization
- 2. Constitutional actors and intraparty groups
- 3. A constitutional theory of legislative organization
- 4. Timing of house organizational changes
- 5. The Senate and White House shadows: centralization and decentralization of the rules of the U.S. House, 1879-2013
- 6. New rules for an old speaker: revisiting the 1910 revolt against Speaker Cannon
- 7. Conclusion
- A constitutional perspective on House organization
- Constitutional actors and intraparty groups
- A constitutional theory of legislative organization
- Timing of House organizational changes
- The Senate and White House shadows : centralization and decentralization of the rules of the US House, 1879-2013
- New rules for an old Speaker : revisiting the 1910 revolt against Speaker Cannon
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Constitutional actors, partisanship, and House majority party factions
- Appendix B. Theoretical proof
- Appendix C. List of changes in the rules and procedures of the House
- Appendix D. Universe of rules and procedures
- Appendix E. Coding of William H. Taft and Calvin Coolidge presidencies
- Appendix F. Directionality of rules and procedures
- Appendix G. Senate's ideal point.
- Machine generated contents note: 1. A constitutional perspective on House organization; 2. Constitutional actors and intraparty groups; 3. A constitutional theory of House organization; 4. Timing of House organizational changes; 5. The Senate and White House shadows: centralization and decentralization of the rule of the US House, 1879-2013; 6. New rules for an old Speaker: revisiting the 1910 revolt against Speaker Cannon; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: constitutional actors, partisanship, and House majority intraparty groups; Appendix B: theoretical proof; Appendix C: list of changes in the rules and procedures of the House; Appendix D: the universe of rules-and-procedures coding of the William H. Taft and Calvin Coolidge presidencies; Appendix E: directionality of rules and procedures; Appendix F: Senate's ideal point
- Machine generated contents note: 1. A constitutional perspective on House organization; 2. Constitutional actors and intraparty groups; 3. A constitutional theory of legislative organization; 4. Timing of House organizational changes; 5. The Senate and White House shadows: centralization and decentralization of the rules of the US House, 1879-2013; 6. New rules for an old Speaker: revisiting the 1910 revolt against Speaker Cannon; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: A constitutional actors, partisanship, and House majority party factions; Appendix B: Theoretical proof; Appendix C: List of changes in the rules and procedures of the House; Appendix D: Universe of rules-and-procedures Appendix E: Coding of the William H. Taft and Calvin Coolidge presidencies; Appendix F: Directionality of rules and procedures; Appendix G: Senate's ideal point