2018 Conference

Logistics

Dates: June 7-8, 2018

Location: Princeton University

Organizer: Nolan McCarty and Julian Zelizer

Original web site: (No website)

Papers

Justin Peck, “The Unitary Executive in Congress: Ideological Conservatism and Legislative Constraints on Executive Power”

John Kastellec and Charles Cameron, “Interest Groups and Supreme Court Nominations, 1930-2017”

Tim Nokken, “Congressional and Presidential Action on US Tariff and Monetary Policy, 1865 – 1934”

Thomas Gray and Jeff Jenkins, “A Bridge Too Far?: Examining Bridging Assumptions in Common-Space Estimations”

Chris Hare, Nicholas Howard, and Mark Owens, “Finding Policy Partners: The Varying Dimensionality of Legislators Within Issues”

Katherine Krimmel and Kelly Rader, “Substantive Polarization: The Meaning of Public Opinion on Government Spending in Red and Blue”

James Feigenbaum, Max Palmer, and Ben Schneer, “Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists: How Immigrant Experience Shapes Congressional Decision making on Immigration Votes”

Tobias Resch, Benjamin Schneer, Maggie McKinley, and Dan Carpenter, “The Contours of American Legislative Petitioning”

Andrew Clarke and Emily Pears, "Distributive Nationalism and the American System”

John Baugman, Chris Den Hartog, and Craig Goodman, “The Evolution of Committee Gatekeeping in the Antebellum House of Representatives”

James Curry and Frances Lee, “Why Do Majority Parties Fail in Congress?”

Lee Drutman and Tim LaPira, “Capacity for What?”

Attendees

Agenda

8:30-9:00am: Breakfast and Coffee

9:00-10:30: Panel 1: The Separation of Powers

• Justin Peck “The Unitary Executive in Congress: Ideological Conservatism and Legislative Constraints on Executive Power”
• John Kastellec and Charles Cameron “Interest Groups and Supreme Court Nominations, 1930-2017”
• Tim Nokken “Congressional and Presidential Action on US Tariff and Monetary Policy, 1865 – 1934”
• Discussants: Greg Koger and Josh Chafetz

10:30-10:45: Coffee

10:45-12:15: Panel 2: Methodological Advance in the Study of Congress

• Thomas Gray and Jeff Jenkins “A Bridge Too Far?:
• Examining Bridging Assumptions in Common-Space Estimations”
• Chris Hare, Nicholas Howard, and Mark Owens “Finding Policy Partners: The Varying Dimensionality of Legislators Within Issues”
• Katherine Krimmel and Kelly Rader “Substantive Polarization: The Meaning of Public Opinion on Government Spending in Red and Blue”
• Discussants: Robert Erikson and David Bateman

12:15-1:30: Lunch

1:30-3:00: Panel 3: Representation

• James Feigenbaum, Max Palmer, and Ben Schneer “Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists: How Immigrant Experience Shapes Congressional Decision making on Immigration Votes”
• Tobias Resch, Benjamin Schneer, Maggie McKinley, and Dan Carpenter “The Contours of American Legislative Petitioning”
• Andrew Clarke and Emily Pears "Distributive Nationalism and the American System”
• Discussant: Richard Bensel and Bruce Oppenheimer

3:30-4:00: Break

4:00-5:30: Roundtable: John Lawrence’s, The Class of ’74: Congress After Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship

• David Greenberg, Rutgers University
• Meg Jacobs, Princeton University
• Kevin Kruse, Princeton University
• John Lawrence, University of California Washington Center

7:00pm: Dinner: Agricola Eatery, 11 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

8:30-9:00am: Breakfast and Coffee

9:00-10:30: Panel 4: Majorities, Minorities and Committees

• John Baugman, Chris Den Hartog, and Craig Goodman. “The Evolution of Committee Gatekeeping in the Antebellum House of Representatives”
• James Curry and Frances Lee “Why Do Majority Parties Fail in Congress?”
• Lee Drutman and Tim LaPira “Capacity for What?”
• Discussants: Ruth Bloch Rubin and Steven Smith

10:30-10:45: Coffee

10:45-12:15: Roundtable: Congress in the Age of Trump

• Sarah Binder, George Washington University and Brookings
• Nolan McCarty, Princeton University
• Mark Schmitt, New America
• Julian Zelizer, Princeton University

12:15-1:30: Take-Away Lunch