The Motion to Recommit in the U.S. House of Representatives
PARTY, PROCESS, AND POLITICAL CHANGE IN CONGRESS: FURTHER NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF CONGRESS, Chapter 19, Stanford University Press, 2007
8 Pages Posted: 30 Jul 2007
Abstract
We empirically evaluate hypotheses following from the view that the motion to recommit in the U.S. House of Representatives empowers the minority party to affect policy. We show that these predictions are at sharp odds with observed behavior, suggesting that the motion to recommit does not undermine the majority party as has been argued.
Keywords: motion to recommit, House of Representatives, Congress, Rules, majority party, minority party
JEL Classification: D72
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Mathew D. McCubbins
Department of Political Science and Law School, Duke University ( email )
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