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Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate

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King, AS; Orlando, FJ; Rohde, D
Published in: Congress and the Presidency
January 2, 2016

This article joins the growing tide of research that studies party effects in the United States Senate. Previous work has shown that certain procedural tools disproportionately advantage the majority party at the expense of the minority. We build on this research by exploiting a new dataset that allows us to study motions to table amendments from the 91st to the 111th Congress. By examining the success of these motions, analyzing the voting calculus of individual senators on procedural and substantive votes, and simulating the aggregate impact of this tool, we provide some of the strongest evidence to date that political parties (and the majority party in particular) influence the legislative process and policy outcomes in the Senate. Our findings stand in stark contrast to the traditional vision of the Senate as an individualistic body.

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Congress and the Presidency

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1944-1053

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0734-3469

Publication Date

January 2, 2016

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43

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1

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55 / 81
 

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King, A. S., Orlando, F. J., & Rohde, D. (2016). Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate. Congress and the Presidency, 43(1), 55–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2015.1117161
King, A. S., F. J. Orlando, and D. Rohde. “Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate.” Congress and the Presidency 43, no. 1 (January 2, 2016): 55–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2015.1117161.
King AS, Orlando FJ, Rohde D. Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate. Congress and the Presidency. 2016 Jan 2;43(1):55–81.
King, A. S., et al. “Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate.” Congress and the Presidency, vol. 43, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 55–81. Scopus, doi:10.1080/07343469.2015.1117161.
King AS, Orlando FJ, Rohde D. Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate. Congress and the Presidency. 2016 Jan 2;43(1):55–81.

Published In

Congress and the Presidency

DOI

EISSN

1944-1053

ISSN

0734-3469

Publication Date

January 2, 2016

Volume

43

Issue

1

Start / End Page

55 / 81