Briefly summarize how the legislative process played out and
how well several of the theories presented in the course are able to explain what happenedbriefly summarize how the legislative process played out and
how well several of the theories presented in the course are able to explain what happened.
How
would each of Mayhew, Arnold, and the textbook authors react to what happened in the legislative
case study you’ve chosen to write about? In answering this question, be sure to first briefly
summarize how the legislative process played out and then be sure to address the following sub-
questions:
– How would each of these authors explain the outcome?
– Were there any parts of this story or the policy that any of these theories would have trouble
explaining?
How
would each of Mayhew, Arnold, and the textbook authors react to what happened in the legislative
case study you’ve chosen to write about? In answering this question, be sure to first briefly
summarize how the legislative process played out and then be sure to address the following sub-
questions:
– How would each of these authors explain the outcome?
– Were there any parts of this story or the policy that any of these theories would have trouble
explaining?
Were there particular votes on this legislation by individual members of Congress that were
difficult to explain based on these theories?Were there particular votes on this legislation by individual members of Congress that were
difficult to explain based on these theories?
**** This is the texbook being used: Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler, and James M. Curry,
Congress and Its Members, 18th Edition (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2022Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler, and James M. Curry,
Congress and Its Members, 18th Edition (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2022
Some Tips:
The paper is NOT about the policy, it is about the politics of enactment
Look at key roll call votes (usually passage) and the partisan breakdown, geographic
breakdown, or other key dividing lines
Don’t just provide a summary of what happened. The paper is really about your analysis of
what happened
Some Tips:
The paper is NOT about the policy, it is about the politics of enactment
Look at key roll call votes (usually passage) and the partisan breakdown, geographic
breakdown, or other key dividing lines
Don’t just provide a summary of what happened. The paper is really about your analysis of
what happened