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Title: The Legislative Matching Game: Committee Matching and Effective Legislating in the States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

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ISSN: 1532-4400

DOI: 10.1177/1532440019888136

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Abstract: I argue that the value of a particular set of committee assignments for a legislator is dependent on that legislator’s policy interests. By this, I mean that “good” assignments will match committee policy jurisdictions with member policy priorities. I develop this concept of committee-agenda matching and present a measure of this match for legislators in 12 state lower chambers. After some brief measure validation, I present a substantive application, demonstrating that this match poses serious consequences for individual legislator’s ability to shepherd their bills through the legislative process.

Url: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1532440019888136

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Url: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1532440019888136

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Authors: Swift, Clint S.

Periodical (Full): State Politics & Policy Quarterly

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Volume: 2

Pages: 234-264

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

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