Committee Power and Agenda Control: Strategic Use of Terminative Decisions and Appeals in Brazil’s Legislative Process

• In Event: Rules, Procedures, and Policy

Brief Overview

This paper examines how Brazil’s Congress uses conclusive committee approval and appeals to shape lawmaking. Using original appeal data and the CEBRAP Legislative Database, it reveals how internal rules shift power within the legislative process.

Authors

• Gessica de Freitas, University of Notre Dame

• Gisela L Sin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign