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- Title
U. S. State Legislative Committee Decisions: Similar Results In Different Settings.
- Authors
Hamm, Keith E.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that may affect state legislative decision making. The research design involves testing hypotheses in different legislative settings. Two states, Texas (1977) and Wisconsin (1959 and 1975-1976), were chosen. Independent variables include those dealing with extralegislative and intralegislative factors, policy characteristics, and time of introduction. In both bivariate and multi- variate analyses, the most consistent relationship is between significant actor opposition to the legislation and the committee decision. Additional findings indicate that some variables may vary in their effect in terms of interhouse comparisons, interstate comparisons, and comparisons over time within the same state. An eight-variable discriminant function analysis predicts between 67.0 and 74.2 percent of committee decisions for the different legislative sessions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States legislators; DECISION making; LEGISLATIVE reform; PUBLIC administration; PUBLIC officers; LEGISLATIVE bills; POLITICAL participation; POLITICAL science; LEGISLATION
- Publication
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1980, Vol 5, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0362-9805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/439440