Legislative Debate in U.S. State Legislatures

• In Event: Debate, Bargaining, and Partisanship

Brief Overview

We develop a theoretical framework to understand the effects of different levels of restriction on debate and thresholds for cloture on legislative chambers’ ability to consider and pass bills; we test our hypotheses using U.S. State Legislatures.

Authors

• Tessa Provins, University of Pittsburgh

• Nicholas Howard, Auburn University at Montgomery