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Decision-Making in the United States House of Representatives: A Computersimulation
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Criteria for majority party leadership selection in the United States House of Representatives : evidence of institutionalization in the collegial style, 1962-1976
… of selection of majority party leaders in the United States House of Representatives. It will seek to show that there were certain common denominators that existed among those who were selected for leadership positions between 1962 and 1976, and that these common denominators were not present …
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Post-September 11<sup>th</sup> representations of Latin American immigrants in political discourse: An analysis of metaphor
… the types of metaphorical labels that the United States House of Representatives uses in post-September 11th resolutions to label and describe Latin American immigrants. The rhetorical philosophy of Kenneth Burke, Haig Bosmajian’s <em>The Language of Oppression</em>, and a study conducted …
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John Johns Trigg, Congressman
… From his days as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1784-1792, and of the Virginia Convention of 1788, Trigg consistently opposed any resolution which he believed might stifle the growth of his own state. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1797 and …
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On to bigger and better things: the behavioral consequences of ambition in the US House of Representatives
… office—affects the behavior of members of the United States House of Representatives. Drawing upon a wide variety of legislative and campaign activities (including roll call votes, introductions and cosponsorships, amendments, and campaign contributions), I examine whether ambitious legislators …
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The Impact Of Black Political Representation On The Racial Attitudes, Policy Preferences, And Vote Choice Of Whites In Minority Majority Congressional Districts
… American political representation within the United States House of Representatives, political scientists have devoted very little scholarship to examining how whites react to African American leadership. Given that African Americans remain under represented in government and current legal …
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Study of voting alignments in the 1977 U. S. House of Representatives : a policy dimension approach.
… examines voting alignments in the 1977 U. S. House of Representatives. A strong linkage between the voting alignments of the entire House membership in different policy areas was predicted. Six policy dimensions were utilized: "NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITMENT REORIENTATION" (military policy), …
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Congress and Early Federalist Military Policy: An Examination of Defense Related Roll Calls in the Second United States Congress, 1792-1793
<p>The legislators of the Second United States House of Representatives faced a set of challenging military and political problems when they met in November 1791. The issue of what would be the primary means of the young nation's defense had not yet been determined. The old British and colonial …
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The Constituency of Coya Knutson, 1954
… to Congress from Minnesota or its adjacent states--Coya Knutson from the rural Ninth District in 1954 and 1956. While legal barriers to women's participation in politics have been abolished, personal and institutional barriers remain. How Coya Knutson overcame these obstacles--and the …