Congressional dysfunction: An information processing perspective
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Lewallen, Jonathan; Theriault, Sean M.; Jones, Bryan D.
署名单位：
University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
刊物名称：
REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
ISSN/ISSBN：
1748-5983
DOI：
10.1111/rego.12090
发表日期：
2016
页码：
179-190
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摘要：
The public's approval of Congress is at an all time low. The parties seem to have taken the legislative process hostage for their own electoral gain. Whereas traditional arguments about congressional dysfunction focus on polarized voting coalitions or outputs - particularly legislation - in this article we highlight congressional information processing and how it has changed in this highly partisan era. By coding congressional hearings according to the kind of information on which they focus, we find that members of Congress are receiving one-sided information to a greater degree and are spending less time learning about potential solutions. We use these results to make numerous recommendations for improving how Congress gathers its information.
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