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- Title
Slavery, Partisanship, and Procedure in the U.S. House: The Gag Rule, 1836–1845.
- Authors
Meinke, Scott R.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the study that explores the rise and fall of the gag rule, which prevented members from considering the abolition of slavery or the slave trade, that emerged in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1836 and 1845. The researcher analyzes vote choices and voting changes and demonstrates that its end was the result of constituency pressure coming from northern districts. In addition, the study illustrates the conditional characteristic of party influence in Congress in a nation in which divided interests have always been strong.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FREEDOM of debate (Legislative bodies); UNITED States. Congress. House; POLITICAL privileges &; immunities; FREEDOM of speech; SLAVERY; PARTISANSHIP; POLITICAL participation; POLITICAL parties
- Publication
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 2007, Vol 32, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0362-9805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3162/036298007X201976