A comparative study of the House Agriculture Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee: Congressional Seniority Patterns from the 94th-116th Congress (1974-2019)

• In Event: Environmental Policy and Administration

Brief Overview

Seniority collapse and the lack of a policy consensus are associated with inefficient congressional committee policy making. The effects of Baumgartner & Jones’ punctuated equilibrium on the policy making process is the focus of this research.

Authors

• Dylan C Taylor, Georgia Southern University

• Karen M. McCurdy, Georgia Southern University