…least three terms. They also looked at legislators’ committee assignments, votes cast in committees and participation in floor votes. The analysis, the authors write, reveals “a striking ability” for elections…
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…approved last year or in prior years. Among the new proposals: A Republican legislator in Kentucky filed a bill Jan. 26 aimed at amending her state’s constitution to allow public…
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…lead to avoiding votes. Legislators’ goals for their future careers and the types of votes at issue matter more than term limits alone. Term limits and the potential for legislators…
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…Measured through roll-call votes, committee membership or bill sponsorship, black and Latino legislators often better represent their respective groups’ concerns than non-minority legislators. This is true even where the views…
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…policies to support or oppose. Class background is one of many important life experiences they draw upon. Previous research has shown that, all else equal, wealthier legislators tend to support…
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…relationship between viability and information seeking.” “A Primary Cause of Partisanship? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology” McGhee, Eric; et al. American Journal of Political Science, October 2013, Vol. 58,…
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…average newly-elected female legislator secured a 7% increase in funding for her district during her first year in office. “On average, women sponsor about three more bills per Congress, which…
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…the economic stimulus and, of course, health care reform. How these votes subsequently affected legislators who ran for reelection in 2010 is of acute interest both to political scientists who…
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…government, the constitutional power to enact legislation rests with Congress. Yet, on issues of national significance, the president often serves as “chief legislator.” The White House typically initiates major programs,…
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…become lobbyists found that a lobbyist’s revenue declined 23% after the legislator for whom the lobbyist worked was defeated in an election or retired from Congress. Determining and quantifying the…
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