Dates: May 12-13
Location: Yale University
Organizer: David Mayhew
“The Rise of Floor Leaders in the United States Senate, 1890-1915”, Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, and Steven S. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis
“Party Conflict, Factionalism, and Extended Balloting in U.S. Senate Elections before the Adoption of the 17th Amendment”, Wendy Schiller, Brown University, Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Congress and the Railroads: 1825-1860”, Keith T. Poole, University of California, San Diego
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“Is the Fed Held Accountable? An Empirical Investigation of Congressional Oversight of Monetary Policy”, Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, London School of Economics
“Southern Politics Revisited: On V.O. Key’s ‘South in the House’”, Ira Katznelson, Columbia University, John Lapinski, Yale University, Rose Razaghian, Yale University
“Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-1952”, Eric Schickler, Harvard University, Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota
“The Relationship between Laws and Roll Calls in the U.S. House, 1877-1986”, Joshua D. Clinton, Princeton University, John Lapinski, Yale University
“Tax Cut Delusions: Flawed Economic Ideas and the Persistence of Bad Legislation”, Bryan D. Jones, University of Washington, Seattle