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Figure 2-4. Legislative Hearing Ratio Averages, 1981-2016
From Chapter 2
Figure 6-6. Linear Trends in Reported Bills by Policy Area
From Chapter 6
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He finds that because party leaders have more control over the legislative agenda, committees have spent more of their time conducting oversight instead. Partisanship alone does not explain this trend; changes in institutional rules and practices that empowered party leaders have created more uncertainty for committees and contributed to a shift in their policy activities. The shift toward oversight at the committee level combined with party leader control over the voting agenda means that many members of Congress are effectively cut out of many of the institution's policy decisions. At a time when many, including Congress itself, are considering changes to modernize the institution and keep up with a stronger executive branch, the findings here suggest that strengthening Congress will require more than running different candidates or providing additional resources.
Fig. 2.2. Committee Hearing Trends, 1981–2016. (Source: Policy Agendas Project Congressional Hearings dataset, which did not include a complete list of hearings from the 115th Congress as of this writing; calculated by the author.)
Fig. 2.2. Committee Hearing Trends, 1981–2016. (Source: Policy Agendas Project Congressional Hearings dataset, which did not include a complete list of hearings from the 115th Congress as of this writing; calculated by the author.)
From Chapter 2
Fig. 2.4. Legislative Hearing Ratio Averages, 1981–2016. (Source: Policy Agendas Project, calculated by the author. House hearing ratios are displayed in the left panel and Senate hearing ratios in the right. House Rules Committee data throughout the book only include those bills in its original jurisdiction.)
Fig. 2.6. House Committee Legislative Hearing Trends, 1981–2016. (Source: Policy Agendas Project, calculated by the author.)
Fig. 2.7. Senate Committee Legislative Hearing Trends, 1981–2016. (Source: Policy Agendas Project, calculated by the author.)
Fig. 2.10. Average Workload in Legislative Hearings, 1981–2012. (Source: Policy Agendas Project Congressional Hearings dataset, compiled by the author. The 112th Congress was the last complete set of hearings when these data were collected.)
Fig. 6.1. Average Legislative Hearing Ratios by Policy Area. (Source: Policy Agendas Project Congressional Hearings dataset, compiled by the author.)
From Chapter 6
Fig. 6.3. Trends in Legislative Hearings by Policy Area. Panel A: House Committees. (Source: Policy Agendas Project Congressional Hearings dataset, compiled by the author.)
Fig. 6.3 (cont.), panel B: Senate committees.
Fig. 6.5. Linear Trends in Legislative Hearings by Policy Area. (Source: Policy Agendas Project Congressional Hearings dataset, compiled by the author.)
From Chapter 6
Fig. 6.6. Linear Trends in Reported Bills by Policy Area. (Source: Congressional Bills Project, compiled by the author.)