Norms as Institutional Controls: Procedural Norms in the U.S. House of Representatives

• In Event: Congress and Norms: Fresh Perspectives in an Age of Conflict

Brief Overview

This paper uses archival research and in-depth interviews to examine the solidification of the seniority rule following Cannon's overthrow and the operation of partisan norms on procedural votes in the modern House.

Author

• Joshua Carstens Huder, GAI at Georgetown University