A Majoritarian Model of Agenda Control

• In Event: Congressional Agendas, Parties, and Cooperation

Brief Overview

The majority party in the US House avoids letting measure on the floor that will "roll" it. Why do its centrist members acquiesce? Our model points to individual electoral incentives rather than party discipline as an explanation.

Authors

• Robert Van Houweling, University of California-Berkeley

• David Robert Foster, University of California-Berkeley