Just How Unorthodox? Assessing Deliberation on Omnibus Spending Bills

• In Event: Agenda Setting and Unorthodox Legislating

Brief Overview

We argue that unorthodox lawmaking varies across two dimensions: formality of process and centralization of power. We test these expectations with interview evidence and a new dataset of attachments to omnibus spending bills.

Authors

• Peter Hanson, Grinnell College

• Molly Reynolds, The Brookings Institution