POLI 4035 Chapter : Legislative Decision Making 2nd 6 Weeks
Document Summary
Legislative decision making: specializing- decide to focus on certain issues becoming policy entrepreneurs on specific issues. Floor votes are popular and are done 90% of the time. Vote for something they don"t want for fear of something worse coming. House and senate floor votes do not perfectly register members views, sometimes a member votes against a bill because they prefer a stronger version of the bill. Political party- party is the strongest correlate of members" voting decisions. Party voting is far more prevalent today than it was 30 years ago, very high even by historical standards. Party unity votes: the percentage of party unity votes in which the member voted in agreement with the majority of his or her party colleagues. Ideology- two parties who have diverse backgrounds but. Do women talk and participate more or less than their male counterparts. Initial findings: congresswomen are more likely to give one minute speeches than congressmen, congresswomen are more likely to speak.
