Fundamental change in post-passage Two waves of change in post-passage The bias from post-passage Five stories on the collapse of conferencing Concluding thoughts Appendix. Part A. How conference works Part B. The bias from post-passage politics : additional materials Part C. A matching analysis of the decline of conference committees.
Summary
Although the U.S. Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for final approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Hong Min Park, Steven S. Smith, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen document the dramatic changes in inter-cameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades, and examine the various considerations made by the chambers when determining the manner in which the House and Senate pursue conciliation. Politics Over Process demonstrates that partisan competition, increasing party polarization, and institutional reforms have encouraged the majority party to more creatively restructure post-passage processes, often avoiding the traditional standing committee and conference processes altogether.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and index.
