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The New Democratic Majority in Congress: Preferences, Structure, and Bargaining

  • C. Lawrence Evans and Joshua A. Turner
Published/Copyright: January 17, 2007
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This paper begins by exploring the impact of the 2006 midterm elections on the distribution of policy preferences within the U.S. House and Senate during the 110th Congress. We then consider the consequences of the new political configuration in Washington for the distribution of power between party leaders and the committee systems in both chambers, the patterns of bargaining that will occur between congressional Democrats and the Bush White House, and the likely contents of legislative outcomes during 2007-08.

Published Online: 2007-1-17

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