… inferences about parties in legislatures, I introduce four paradoxes of political parties in
Congress. The common component in each attempt to clarify or resolve the paradoxes is a …

… reference to political parties. The reason is obvious: political parties did not exist when the
Constitution was drafted in 1787. Although the concept of political party had been referenced …

… The extremely negative evaluation of Congress … paradoxes that legislatures exhibit: the
paradox of hierarchy, that legislators are both proud individualists and obedient followers of party …

… a polarity paradox exists in the enactment of landmark laws by the US Congress. Moderate
… laws passed by a Congress is low when polarization between the parties is low, particularly …

Parties are back, and many are cheering. Party polarization has voters seeing stark differences
between Democrats and Republicans and demonstrating more ideological constraint …

… The basic funding level for each major party presidential nominee was set at $20,000,000
in 1974,101 a figure Congress apparently deemed adequate 28 years ago. It has increased …

… to Congress between 1972 and 1994, Lublin examines the link between the racial composition
of a congressional … influence on representatives of both parties; when they make up 55 …

… But in the United States Congress, with its many intra-party and inter-party factions, a limit to
one amendment might unduly restrict the free play of opinion: if a race to preempt the right to …

… shall ask the Parties that would speak, on which side they would speak . . . and the Party
that … The equivalent election procedure among three candidates for a congressional seat, for …

… The countervailing "surge" has been marked not only by increased party … not a paradox
at all that Congressional parties have become stronger as the partisan factor in Congressional …