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Beyond Bureaucratic Review: The Policy-Making Role of Congressional Oversight

Fri, April 24, 5:10 to 6:40pm CDT (5:10 to 6:40pm CDT), TBA

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Congress uses proactive oversight to shape policy when lawmaking stalls. Using four decades of hearing data, I show committees lacking legislative success increase proactive oversight on salient issues with ideologically aligned agencies.

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