Congressional Committees, Logrolling, and Distributive Politics: The Case of the Territorial Delegates and the House Committee on Natural Resources

• In Event: Congressional Spending

Brief Overview

I study the distribution of federal grants to the U.S. territories to reassess to what extent the committee system shapes pork barrel spending. Territorial delegates are disenfranchised on the House floor, so they logroll their vote in committee.

Author

• Sean A. Cain, Loyola University New Orleans