The plot that failed: The Republican revolution and congressional control of the bureaucracy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hedge, D; Johnson, RJ
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Florida
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1053-1858
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a003537
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 333-351
• 关键词: POLITICAL CONTROL

摘要

The Republican capture of the US. Congress following the 1994 midterm elections provides a unique opportunity to examine congressional control of the bureaucracy. Under the leadership of House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-TX), Republicans waged an all-out assault on regulation reminiscent of the Reagan years. Toward that end, House leaders relied on a mix of control mechanisms including budget cuts and a variety of deck stacking strategies. While the bulk of the Republican regulatory agenda failed to pass, evidence from four federal agencies that were targeted by those efforts suggests that the congressional challenge had an immediate, if short-lived, effect. In each instance, there was an immediate decline in regulatory vigor that lasted in most cases just one or two years.