As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price Over
the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally …

Is Bipartisanship Dead? looks beyond (and considers the time before) roll call voting to
examine the extent to which bipartisan agreement in the House of Representatives has …

This article proposes a new approach to investigating the substance of lawmaking. Only a
very small proportion of bills become law in the US Congress. However, the bills that do …

One of the many ways in which politicians seek to respond to economic austerity pressure is
to cut or even completely remove public policies that were introduced in better times. Yet …

Effectively addressing grand societal challenges like climate change and environmental
degradation requires policy intervention that is not only continuous but also increasing in …

There is a large body of literature devoted to how “policies create politics” and how feedback
effects from existing policy legacies shape potential reforms in a particular area. Although …

On the last of three historic days of oral argument considering the constitutionality of the
Obama administration's health care law, the Justices of the US Supreme Court turned to the …

For most congressional legislation, committee consideration is the first and most drastic
winnowing point. Organized interest groups try to influence this winnowing. Many have …

While many scholars have focused on the production of legislation, we explore life after
enactment. Contrary to the prevailing view that federal programs are indissoluble, we show …

In the last years, the approach of governments towards innovation has changed
dramatically. The myth of innovation being an activity carried out by lonely inventors in their …