A Chill in the House: Actor Perspectives on Change and Continuity in the Pursuit of Legislative Success
Language: English
Published by State University of New York Press, 2002
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- Title
- A Chill in the House: Actor Perspectives on Change and Continuity in the Pursuit of Legislative Success
- Author
- Irwin, Lewis G
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0791451747
- ISBN 13
- 9780791451748
Examines the growth of obstacles to legislative success since the 1960s in the U.S. House of Representatives.
How do laws come into being in today's Congress? Is public policy made the same way now as it was in the past? In seeking to convert an idea into law, would contemporary legislative actors identify key participants, chamber procedures, strategies, or legislative products differently than their counterparts in the 1960s? Through a comparison of the events that led to the passage of six laws from the 1960s and the 1990s, this book answers these and related questions.
Irwin argues that the interpersonal "glue" that held 1960s-era legislators together has been weakened, diminishing the strength of a resource once available to aid would-be legislative champions. This is evidenced by the House being a much less civil and congenial institution today than it was in the 1960s. Consensus building, too, has given way to a war of attrition, leading to a marked increase in contextual impediments to the realization of legislative success. This does not mean, however, that the underlying ingredients of legislative success have changed, only that, in sum, there is a distinct "chill" in the House as members pursue their business.
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