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"Supermajoritarian Rule In The Senate," James Madison Award Address, At Annual Apsa Conference, Boston, David R. Mayhew
"Supermajoritarian Rule In The Senate," James Madison Award Address, At Annual Apsa Conference, Boston, David R. Mayhew
David Mayhew
No abstract provided.
Congressman Usher Burdick Of North Dakota And The "Ungodly Menace" Anti-United Nations Rhetoric, 1950-1958, Bernard Lemelin
Congressman Usher Burdick Of North Dakota And The "Ungodly Menace" Anti-United Nations Rhetoric, 1950-1958, Bernard Lemelin
Great Plains Quarterly
In the rare studies dealing with American post-World War II isolationism, the state of North Dakota always holds a special place, as it has acquired the reputation of having been "the nation's most isolationist state during [the] postwar decade."1 To a large extent, this reputation can be ascribed to the attitude of some of its prominent members on Capitol Hill, such as Senators William Langer, who voted against the United Nations Charter in 1945, and his colleague Milton Young, an opponent of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949.2 Representative Usher Burdick, who sat between 1949 and 1959, also …
Protecting Biodiversity In The Relicensing Of Non-Federal Hydroelectric Projects In The United States: Consultation And Coordination Between Ferc And Fish, Wildlife And Water Quality Agencies And The Role Of The Endangered Species Act [Abstract], Michael Gheleta
Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World (Summer Conference, June 11-14)
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"Congressional Oppositions," At Conference On Political Accountability, At Center For The Study Of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, David R. Mayhew
"Congressional Oppositions," At Conference On Political Accountability, At Center For The Study Of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, David R. Mayhew
David Mayhew
No abstract provided.
Explaining Seat Changes In The U.S. House Of Representatives, 1950-1998, Brian Newman, Charles Ostrom
Explaining Seat Changes In The U.S. House Of Representatives, 1950-1998, Brian Newman, Charles Ostrom
Brian Newman
Recent U.S. House elections have challenged existing models of congressional elections, raising the question of whether or not processes thought to govern previous elections are still at work. Taking Marra and Ostrom's (1989) model of congressional elections as representative of extant theoretical perspectives and testing it against recent elections, we find that the model fails. We augment Marra and Ostrom's model with new insights, constructing a model that explains elections from 1950 to 1998. We find that, although presidential approval ratings and major political events continue to drive congressional elections, the distribution of open seats must also be taken into …