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Power in the Senate.
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Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms
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Comparing Interest Group Scores across Time and Chambers: Adjusted ADA Scores for the U.S. Congress
TL;DR: In this article, an econometric model that allows one to make inter-temporal and inter-chamber comparisons of interest group ratings is proposed, showing a strong liberal trend in the average member of Congress during 1947-94 and a conservative reversal.
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Partisanship, Blame Avoidance, and the Distribution of Legislative Pork
TL;DR: In this article, a partisan blame avoidance account of the distribution of legisla? tive pork is presented, where the majority party inoculates itself against minority party charges of wasteful spending by including the minority in pork barrel coalitions.
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Change or More of The Same? Evaluating Racial Attitudes in the Obama Era
TL;DR: This paper found that Whites remain as far apart on racial policy matters in 2008 as in 1988 and younger cohorts of Whites are no more racially liberal in 2008 than they were in 1988, and the racial divide is only partially mitigated among Obama supporters.
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Comparing Interest Group PAC Contributions to House and Senate Incumbents, 1980–1986
Kevin B. Grier,Michael C. Munger +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the allocation patterns of campaign contributions by interest groups focusing on the relative productivity of legislators' effort in serving each group was studied. But no study has used (1) longer time series data or (2) made explicit comparisons among interest group (corporations, unions, and trade associations) activities, considering differences in the time series pattern of groups across the two chambers.