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Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress
Hong Min Park, Steven S. Smith, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen
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Although the U.S. Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for final approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Hong Min Park, Steven S. Smith, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen document the dramatic changes in intercameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades, and examine the various considerations made by the chambers when determining the manner in which the House and Senate pursue conciliation. Politics Over Process demonstrates that partisan competition, increasing party polarization, and institutional reforms have encouraged the majority party to more creatively restructure post-passage processes, often avoiding the traditional standing committee and conference processes altogether.
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Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Preface
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One. Fundamental Change in Post-Passage Politics
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Two. Two Waves of Change in Post-Passage Methods
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Three. The Bias from Post-Passage Politics
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Four. Five Stories on the Collapse of Conferencing
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Five. Concluding Thoughts
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Appendix
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Part A. How Conference Works
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Part B. The Bias from Post-Passage Politics
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Part C. A Matching Analysis of the Decline of Conference Committees
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Published: 2017
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-03696-7 (paper)
- 978-0-472-12318-6 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-13051-1 (hardcover)