Setting the agenda
Subtitle: responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives
By: Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins.
Contributors: McCubbins, Mathew D. 1956-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521853798; 9780521619967
Subjects: United States. Congress. House.; United States. Congress. House -- Committees.; United States. Congress. House -- Rules and practice.; Political parties -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Procedural cartel theory; title: Modeling agenda power; title: The primacy of Reed's rules in House organization; title: Final passage votes; title: The costs of agenda control; title: The textbook Congress and the Committee on Rules; title: The bills reported from committee; title: Which way does policy move?; title: Positive agenda power; title: Conclusion.