Stalemate: causes and consequences of legislative gridlock
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| adam_text | Contents
Foreword
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
1
Stalemate in Legislative Politics l
A Way of Life and Law
3
Stalemate in a Madisonian System
4
Plan of the Book
10
2
Unintended Consequences of
Constitutional Design
12
Consequences of Senate Change
15
Consequences of Political Parties
19
External Influences on Congress
27
Some Other Alternatives
30
Summary
32
3
Measuring the Frequency of Stalemate
34
Defining and Measuring Gridlock
35
The Denominator: Size of the Policy Agenda
38
Patterns of Legislative Gridlock
40
The Location of Gridlock
44
Gridlock at Water s Edge:
Foreign and Domestic Agendas
52
Conclusion
55
VII
viii Contents
4
Institutional and Electoral Sources of Stalemate
57
Constructing an Empirical Test
60
Explaining the Patterns
67
Budget Gridlock: An Additional Test
75
Institutions and Elections Revisited
79
5
What Drives Legislative Action?
84
Methodological Challenges
84
Preliminary Expectations and Evidence
86
Building a Model
90
Impact of Electoral Dynamics
93
A Closer Look at Bicameral Effects
97
Conclusion
104
6
Consequences of Stalemate
106
The Electoral Impact of Gridlock
107
Institutional Impact
116
The Dilemma of Gridlock
123
September
11
and Congress s Future
130
Appendixes
A. Measuring Stalemate
135
B. Measuring Bicameral Differences
140
C. Alternative Specifications
149
D. Comparison to Mayhew, Divided We Govern
152
E. Data for Replication
155
Notes
161
Index
195
Tables
3-1.
Impact of Divided Government on Legislative Performance,
1947-2000 45
3-2.
Where Do Bills Die?
1947-2000 46
3-3.
Legislative Roadblocks after Initial Chamber Passage,
1947-2000 49
3-4.
Agenda Devoted to Foreign Policy,
1947-2000 53
Contents ix
4-1.
Does Divided Government Increase Gridlock?
1947-2000 61
4-2.
Estimating the Frequency of Gridlock,
1953-2000 68
4-3.
Simulated Probabilities of Gridlock
69
4-4.
Impact of the Filibuster Threat on the Frequency of Gridlock
72
4-5.
Does Ideological Disagreement between the Branches
Matter?
1953-2000 73
4-6.
Delay in Adoption of Congressional Budget Resolution, Fiscal
Years
1976-2001 76
4-7.
Impact of Elections and Institutions on Budget Conflict
78
5-1.
Summary of Variables Used in the Analysis
94
5-2.
Determinants of Legislative Success,
1993-96 95
5-3.
When Do Bills Die on the Senate Floor?
99
5-4.
House and Senate Votes to Moderate Health Care Bills,
104th Congress
101
6-1.
Relationship of Gridlock to Collective Electoral Fortunes,
House of Representatives,
1948-98 109
6-2.
Impact of Legislative Performance on House Members
Collective Electoral Fortunes,
1948-90 110
6-3.
Impact of Legislative Performance on House
Retirement Rates,
1948-94 115
6-4.
Impact of Legislative Performance on Congressional
Approval,
1966-96 119
6-5.
Impact of Legislative Performance on Presidential Approval,
1948-98 124
B-l. Change in Voting Behavior across Chambers
144
С
-l.
Impact of Divided Government, Alternative Specification
150
C-2. Impact of Public Mood, Alternative Specification
151
D-l. Comparing the Correlates of Legislative Gridlock
and Productivity,
1953-2000 153
Е
-l.
Frequency of Gridlock,
eOth-lOóth
Congresses
156
E-2. Number of Failed and Total Agenda Issues in each Congress
157
E-3. Explanatory Variables
158
Figures
2-1.
Ideological Distribution of the Parties in the U.S. House,
1969-70 24
2-2.
Ideological Distribution of the Parties in the U.S. House,
1999-2000 25
χ
Contents
3-1.
Size of the Policy Agenda,
1947-2000 39
3-2.
Frequency of Policy Gridlock,
1947-2000 41
3-3.
Frequency of Policy Gridlock on Salient Issues,
1947-2000 41
3-4.
Alternative Measures of Legislative Performance
43
3-5.
Comparison of House and Senate Legislative Performance,
1947-2000 47
3-6.
Frequency of Policy Gridlock, Foreign and Domestic Policy,
1947-2000 55
4-1.
Legislators Ideal Points in a Stylized Chamber
64
4-2.
Partisan Moderation in the House and Senate,
1947-2000 66
B-l. Comparing Measures of Bicameral Differences,
1947-70 146
B-2. Comparing Measures of Bicameral Differences,
1971-2000 147
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