Secretary/Treasurer:
Professor Wendy J. Schiller
Department of Political Science 
Brown University 
Box 1844 
Providence, RI 02912 
(401) 863-1569 

Editor, LSS Newsletter
Professor Ronald M. Peters Jr.
Carl Albert Center 
University of Oklahoma 
Norman, OK 73019 
(405) 325-6372 

Editor, "Extension of Remarks"
Professor Burdett A. Loomis
Department of Political Science 
504 Blake Hall 
University of Kansas 
Lawrence, KS 66045-2157 
(913) 864-3523 

LSS Program Chair, 1999-2000
Professor Patricia Freeman
Department of Political Science 
1001 McClung Tower 
University of Tennessee 
Knoxville, TN 37996-0410 
(423) 974-2845 

Member-At-Large, 1999-2001
Professor Joseph Cooper 
Department of Government 
Johns Hopkins University 
3400 N. Charles, Room 331 
Baltimore, MD 21218 
(410) 516-8070 

Member-At-Large, 1999-2001
Professor Rick Wilson 
Department of Political Science 
6100 Main St., MS-24 
Rice University Houston, TX 77005 
(713) 348-3352 

Preceding LSS Chair
Professor Wayne L. Francis 
Department of Political Science 
University of Florida 
Gainesville, Fl 32611 
(352) 375-0633

22-6   Legislative Careers
Chair: Wayne L. Francis

• Papers:"When to Risk It? How Office Holders Decide to Run for the U.S. House," Cherie Maestas, L. Sandy Maisel
• "Post-Congressional Lobbying and Legislative Sponsorship: Do Members Reward Their Future Employers?" Adolfo Santos
• "Congressional Staff as Members of Congress: Standing for Election, the Congressional Career," Susan Hammond, Connie M. Jorstad 
• "New Members of the House: First Year Legislators in Congress," Matthew A. Potoski, Tom Rice   

22-10   Legislative Representation and Public Policy 
Chair: Lauren C. Bell 
Papers:

• "Incrementalism and Single Issue Politics: Abortion Policy in the U.S. Congress (94th-105th Congresses)," Scott H. Ainsworth
• "Running on Empty: Exogeneous and Endogeneous Explanations of Turf Control in Energy Policy," Jeff Worsham
• "Representation in State Legislatures: Higher Education Policy in Arizona," Lilliard E. Richardson, Brian E. Russell 
• "Representation versus Self Interests in U.S. Politics: The Case of Tobacco," Barry C. Burden

22-9   Partisanship and Representation in Legislatures 
Chair: Patricia A. Hurley 
Papers:

• "Position-Taking versus Fence-Straddling in the U.S. Congress: Does a Diverse Constituency Promote Legislator Obfuscation?" David R. Jones
• "Conventional Politics in Exceptional Times: Representation, Impeachment, and the Power of Money," Irwin L. Morris
• "The Electoral Basis of Partisan Polarization in Congress," Gary C. Jacobson 
• "The Electoral Consequences of Position Taking in Congress: Exploring the Relationship Between Roll Call Behavior and House Election Results," Gregory Bovitz

22-15   Legislatures and Parliaments in the Modern World: A Session in Honor of the Scholarship of Samuel C. Patterson 
Chair: Herbert F. Weisberg 
Papers:

• "The Impact of Money on Congressional Elections," Gary Copeland
• "Party, Gender, and Racial Influences on Candidates in Congressional Elections," Frank D. Gilliam, Jr., Kenny J. Whitby
• "As Good as it Gets? Public Support in a Partisan Climate," David C. Kimball
• "How to Make Legislatures Popular with the Public," John R. Hibbing

22-16   Legislatures and Parliaments in the Modern World: A Session in Honor of The Scholarship of Samuel C. Patterson (Continued)
Chair: Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier 
Papers:

• "The Dynamics of Senate Campaign Strategies," Patrick Kenney, Kim Fridkin Kahn
• "From the Sidelines to the Trenches: Senate Careers Since WWII," Laura W. Arnold
• "Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Institutional Responses to Term Limits in State Legislatures," Thomas H. Little
• "Accounting for Major Restructuring of State Legislative Committee Systems: The Impact of Executive Branch Reorganizations," Keith E. Hamm, Ronald D. Hedlund, Laura L. Delgado

22-5   Legislative Leadership
Chair: Ronald M. Peters, Jr.
Papers:

• "The Rise to Power and Turnover Among Leaders in Congress," Sunil Ahuja
• "Making Public Policy or Making the Trains Run on Time: A Comparison of the Information Sources of Policy and Process Oriented Leaders," Thomas H. Little, Jill Clark
• "Developing Measurements of Congressional Leadership: A Proposal and Initial Report," Carl M. Rhodes
• "Leadership and Followership in the U.S. Senate: Rational Behavior or the Norm of Cooperation," L. Marvin Overby, Lauren C. Bell

22-12   Congressional Floor Behavior
Chair: Stanley I. Bach
Papers:

• "Congressional Leaders and the Winnowing of Legislation," Glen S. Krutz
• "Strategic Leadership in Congress: The Use of Senate Rules to Shape Intra-Chamber and Inter-Chamber Legislative Behavior," Wendy J. Schiller
• "Of Shotguns, Rifles, and Hoppers: The Strategic Determinants of Bill Sponsorship and Legislative Effectiveness in the U.S. House of Representatives," Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Valeria Sinclair Chapman
• "Floor Decision Making in the U.S. Senate," Larry Evans

22-2   Congress, Parties, and American Political Development 
Chair: David W. Brady 
Papers:

• "Congress, Legislative Performance, and American Political Development," John Lapinski
• "Speakership Contests: The Problem of Strategic Voting Under Plurality Rule," Charles Stewart, Jeffery A. Jenkins
• "State Electoral Structures and Party Control of the House of Representatives from 1840 to 1940," Samuel H. Kernell, Erik J. Engstrom 
• "Party Registration Laws and Voter Partisanship, 1892-1908," Anna L. Harvey 

22-20  Roundtable on When Rules Matter: A Conversation With Chairman Dreier 
Chair: Walter J. Oleszek 
David Dreier 
Bruce I. Oppenheimer
David W. Rhode
Barbara Sinclair
Steven S. Smith
Larry Evans

22-14  Women Transforming Congress: Gender Analyses of Institutional Life 
Chair: Cindy Simon Rosenthal 
Papers:

• "Female Legislators and the Women's Rights Agenda," Christina Wolbrecht 
• "Women, Committees, and Power in the Senate," Laura W. Arnold
• "Transforming Congress from the Inside: Women in Committee," Noelle Norton
• "Invisible Power: Congressional Staff and Representation Behind the Scenes," Cindy Simon Rosenthal, Lauren C. Bell 

22-19   Legislative Agenda Control
Chair: Kenneth A. Shepsle 
Papers:

• "Controlling the House Appropriations Agenda: 1953-1994," Gregory Bovitz 
• "Party Effects in the Senate," Eric D. Lawrence, Forrest A. Maltzman, Steven S. Smith
• "Agenda Power in the Senate," Andrea Campbell, Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins

22-1   Racial Redistricting and Minority-Majority Districts 
(Co-sponsored by 32-4)
Chair: Christine Marie Sierra
Papers:

• "Minority Politics, National Implications: Representing Minority-Majority Districts," Sally Friedman 
• "Redistricting and the Future of Minority Representation," Charles E. Menifield 
• "Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Representation: Theory and Evidence on When," Alan Szarawarski 

22-4   Redistricting/Incumbency Advantage
Chair: Brian D. Humes
Papers:

• "Sources of Partisan Competition in State Legislative Elections," Robert E. Hogan
• "The Redistricting Cycle and the Importance of National Factors in House Races," Bruce A. Larson, Suzanne Globetti
• "The Localization of House Politics? Incumbency as the Disappearance of Partisan Vote Shifts," Bernard I. Tamas
• "Static Ambition in a Changing World: Legislators, Preparations for Redistricting," Robert G. Boatright

22-17 Institutional Change in the U.S. Congress 
(Co-sponsored by 7-7)
Chair: Randall W. Strahan
Papers:

• "Analyzing Institutional Change: Bill Introduction in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1890," Joseph Cooper, Elizabeth Rybicki
• "The Politics of Asking: House Member Committee Requests in the Early 20th Century," Eric D. Lawrence, Forrest A.Saltzman
• "Institutional Evolution and the Rise of the Tuesday-Thursday Club in the House of Representatives," Brian R. Sala, Timothy P. Nokken
• "The Politics of Public Pressure and the Pendleton Act of 1883," Sean M. Theriault

22-13   External Influences on Legislatures
Chair: Kaare Strom
Papers:

• "Legislative Perspectives on Direct Democracy: A Three Nation Study," Todd Donovan, Jeffrey A. Karp
• "Where Have All the Moderates Gone, Long Time Passing? The Disappearance of Cross-Pressured in Congress," Jon R. Bond, Richard Fleisher
• "Will the Triangle Be Unbroken? Interest Group Perceptions of the Effects of Term Limits," Gary F. Moncrief, Joel A. Thompson
• "Going Public and Staying Private: House Leaders' Use of Media Strategies of Legislative Coalition Building," Douglas B. Harris 

22-8   Congress and the Public
Chair: Elaine Ann Willey 
Papers:

• "Assessing Congressional Performance," Roger H. Davidson
• "More Than Reelection: Media Events in the U.S. Senate, 1979-1998," Patrick J. Sellers
• "Which Senators Receive Media Coverage and Why?" Sean M. Theriault, David W. Brady
• "The Public's Need for Ethical Lawmakers," Rebekah Herrick, Michael K. Moore

22-18   Roundtable on David Mayhew's "America's Congress: Actions in the Public Sphere from James Madison Through Newt Gingrich"
Chair: Rogan Kersh
Richard F. Fenno
Sarah A. Binder
Barbara Sinclair
Timothy E. Cook

22-11   Congress and Distributive Politics
Chair: Brian Roberts
Papers:

• "Appropriations Committee Earmarks and Vote-Buying in the U.S. Senate: Do Both Parties Do It?" Diana Evans
• "Geographic Politics in Bicameral Perspective: The Politics of Distributing Federal Funds for Transportation," Frances. E. Lee
• "The Distributive Politics of Federal Grants: Some Empirical Tests," H.W. Jerome Maddox
• "Intra-Party Voting in the House of Representatives and Public Opinion: A Time Series Analysis," David Hogberg

22-3   Presidential/Congressional Relations
(Co-sponsored by 23-6)
Chair: Samuel B. Hoff
Papers:

• "The Effects of Divided Government on the Ideological Content of Legislation," Cary R. Covington, Andrew Bargen
• "The President's Lieutenants: Clinton's Use of Political and Career Executives to Advocate Presidential Priorities on Capitol Hill," Julie A. Dolan
• "Explaining Congressional Provocation of Presidential Vetoes," John B. Gilmour
• "Voting Scared? The Impact of Going Public on Electorally Vulnerable Members of Congress," Richard J. Powell, Dean D. Schloyer

22-7 Strategic Behavior of Legislative Elites
Chair: John W. Hardin
Papers:

• "Campaign Fundraising and Political Ambition in Congress: The Influence of Member-to-Member Contributions," Eric S. Heberlig
• "PAC Contributions as Signals to Legislative Agents," Richard L. Hall, Kristina C. Miler
• "How Strong Should Our Party Be? Party Member Preferences Over Party Strength," Elizabeth Bergman
• "Party Leadership and Committee Jurisdictions in the U.S. House," William Hixon, Aaron E. Wicks

 

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