New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of

This volume of original essays by leading congressional scholars explores the impact of the Republican majority on Congress with attention to the history of the institution and party characteristics present and future. Visit our website for sample chapters!

List of Tables and Figures

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Preface

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From Revolution to Evolution: Congress under Republican Control

1

(20)

Nicol C. Rae

Colton C. Campbell

Part One New Styles of Party Leadership

Partisan Imperatives and Institutional Constraints: Republican Party Leadership in the House and Senate

21

(22)

Barbara Sinclair

Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The Case of Newt Gingrich

43

(26)

Ronald M. Peters, Jr.

Part Two Change and Continuity in Congressional Committees

Building the Republican Regime: Leaders and Committees

69

(22)

Roger H. Davidson

Learning to Legislate: Committees in the Republican Congress

91

(26)

Christopher J. Deering

Part Three Reforming the Legislative Process

Procedural Features of House Republican Rule

117

(18)

C. Lawrence Evans

Walter J. Oleszek

Republican Roles in Congressional Budget Reform: Twenty-Five Years of Deficit and Conflict

135

(18)

James A. Thurber

Part Four The Congressional Republican Party

Moderate Success: Majority Status and the Changing Nature of Factionalism in the House Republican Party

153

(20)

Robin Kolodny

The House Republicans: Lessons for Political Science

173

(22)

William F. Connelly Jr.

John J. Pitney Jr.

Bibliography

195

(14)

Index

209

(10)

About the Contributors

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New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of the Republicans on Congress

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