Structured Rules in the U.S. House: Who Wins and Who Loses

• In Event: Agenda Setting and Unorthodox Legislating

Brief Overview

We examine which amendments are allowed by the House Rules Committee under structured rules utilizing a dataset of all proposed amendments from the 109th through 115th Congresses (2005-2018).

Authors

• Michael S. Lynch, University of Georgia

• Anthony Madonna, University of Georgia

• Allison Susanne Vick, University of Georgia