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Author Cox, Gary W.

Title Setting the agenda [electronic resource] : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives / Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 336 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Procedural cartel theory -- Modeling agenda power -- The primacy of Reed's rules in House organization -- Final passage votes -- The costs of agenda control -- The textbook Congress and the Committee on Rules -- The bills reported from committee -- Which way does policy move? -- Positive agenda power -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject United States. Congress. House.
United States. Congress. House -- Committees.
United States. Congress. House -- Rules and practice.
Political parties -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author McCubbins, Mathew D. (Mathew Daniel), 1956-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0521853796 (hardback)
9780521853798 (hardback)
0521619963 (pbk.)
9780521619967 (pbk.)

 
    
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