• APSA:  Papers presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, August 30 - September 2, 2001.
• NEPSA: Papers presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association in Philadelphia, November 8-10, 2001.
• SPSA:Papers presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in Altanta, November 7-10, 2001.

“Abortion Politics in the U.S. Congress: A View across Committees and over Time,” Scott Ainsworth, Janna Deitz, Thad Hall.

“An Institutional Perspective on the Failure to Pass Campaign Finance Reform,” Pamela Fiber.

“Are Women Effective Legislators? Evidence From the U.S. House In the 103rd-105th Congresses,” Alana Jetdel, Andrew J. Taylor.

“Bringing Home the Ratings: U.S. Senator Approval from the Home Perspective, 1981-2000,” Jennifer L. Anderson, Adam J. Newmark.

“Campaigns, Issue Uptake and Representation in the U.S. Senate,” Tracy Sulkin.

“Casework, Issues, and Voting in State Elections: Bridging the Gap Between Congressional and State Legislative Research,” George Serra, Neil Pinney.

“Conflict and Control in Committees in a Term Limited Legislature,” Jovan Trpovski, Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, John Strate.

“Congressional Fundraising and Committee Ambition,” Eric S. Heberlig.

“Congressional Party Defection in American History,” Timothy P. Nokken, Keith T. Poole

“Congressional Response to Supreme Court Activism,” Jamie L. Carson, Kirk A. Randazzo.

“The Consequences of Party Switching in Congress: The Electoral Fortunes of Incumbent Legislators Who Switched Parties, 1947-2000,” Christian R. Grose, Antoine Yoshinaka.

“Constituency Diversity and the Puzzle of Electoral Competition,” Jeff Gulati.

“The Determinants of Leadership in Term-Limited and Non-Term Limited State Legislatures,” Kathleen A. Bratton, Kerry L. Haynie.

“The Dimensional Structure of Issue Agendas in the House,” Jeffery Talbert, Matthew Potoski. 

“The Disappearance of Moderate and Cross-Pressured Members of Congress: Conversion, Replacement, and Electoral Change,” Jon R. Bond, Richard Fleisher.

“Disasters, Delegation and Institutional Design,” Jacob E. Gersen.

“The Electoral Consequences of Institutional Loyalty in the Contemporary Congress: The Case of the 1994 Elections,” Daniel Lipinski, William T. Bianco, Ryan Work.

“Electoral Effects of Congressional Job Performance on the Majority Party,” David R. Jones,  Monika L. McDermott.

“Estimating the Impact of the Three-Fifths Clause: Examining Speakership and Presidential Elections in the Ante-Bellum United States,” Brian D. Humes.

“Fighting for Women’s Issues on the House Floor: An Analysis of Floor Amending Behavior in the 103rd and 104th Congresses,” Michele L. Swers.

“Follow the Law: How Legal Mobilization Affects Congressional Responses to Supreme Court Decisions,” J. Mitchell Pickerill, Kevin R. den Dulk.

“Gatekeeping and the Majority Party in the Antebellum House,” Chris Den Hartog.

“Gatekeeping or Obstruction? An Empirical Investigation of the Second Face of Committee Power,” E. Scott Adler, John D. Wilkerson.

“Getting in the Shorter Line: Party Loyalty and the Seniority System in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Kristin Kanthak.

“Increasing Diversity or More of the Same? Term Limits and the Representation of Women, Minorities, and Minority Women in State Legislatures,” Susan J. Carroll, Krista Jenkins.

“Individual Issue Ownership in the Modern Congress, 1981-1996,” T. Jens Feeley.

“The Influence of Parties and the Appropriations Committee on Federal Spending Decisions,” Mary Sprague.

“Instability and the House Appropriations Committee: The Consequences of Partisanship and Special Dis-Integration, 1994-2001,” Joshua Gordon.

“Investigating the Electoral Roots of Conditional Party Government,” Jamie Carson, Jeffery Jenkins, Eric Schickler.

“Judicial Review and the Legislative Process: Some Empirical and Normative Aspects of Due Process of Lawmaking,” Philip P. Frickey, Steven S. Smith

“Leadership Cues and Member Preferences: A Case Study in Roll Call Voting,” Sarah Fulton.

“Leadership PAC Contribution Strategies and House Member Ambitions,” Marian L. Currinder.

“Legislating in Women’s Interests? Congresswomen in the 106th Congress,” Kathryn Pearson.

“Legislative Organization and the Policymaking Process: The Effect of Women State Legislators on Welfare Policy,” Sarah Poggione.

“Legislative Term Limits’ Impact on Minority Candidates in the California State Assembly and the Michigan State House,” Stanley M. Caress.

“Legislators, Activities, and Local Media,” Brian F. Schaffner.

“The Logic of Congressional Organization: A Multi-Institutional Rationale,” Gregory L. Bovitz, Thomas H. Hammond.

“Majority status and reelection in U.S. State Houses, 1970-88,” Cary W. Cox, Chris Den Hartog.

“The Making of Legislative Agents: Interest Group Influence in Congressional Policymaking,” Craig A. Williams.

“Managing Morality: House Leadership Strategies in the Face of Absolutist Conflict,” Elizabeth A. Oldmixon.

“Modeling Lobbyist Access: Ideology, Political Participation, and Specialized Policy Knowledge,” Kevin M. Esterling.

“The Money Career: Solving Collective Action Problems Through Creative Financing,” Victoria A. Farrar-Myers.

“Musical Chairs: The Changing Seniority System in Congress,” Russell D. Renka, Daniel E. Ponder.

“On Measuring Partisanship in Roll Call Voting: The U.S. House of Representatives, 1877-1,” Gary W. Cox, Keith T. Poole.

“On the Endurance of Legislative Leadership Power in the US States: Participatory Shirking, Delegation, and Centralized Power in Professionalized Legislatures,” H.W. Jerome Maddox.

“The Other Half of the Puzzle: Republican Committee Assignments in the House: 1965-1991,” Scott A. Frisch, Sean Q. Kelly.

“Party Defectors on Roll Call Votes in the United States House of Representatives: A Model  Estimating When Members are Most Likely to Defect,” Kevin J. Conway.

“Party Unity and the Value of Party Labels,” Jeffrey D. Grynaviski.

“Party Voting in US State Legislatures,” Shannon Jenkins.

“Policy Dynamics and Interest Group Lobbying Opportunities: The Impact of Issue Dimensions,” John W. Hardin, K. Nicole Shumaker.

“The Price of Party Unity: The Financial Power of America’s Political Parties,” David C.W. Parker.

“Race Matters: Exploring Differences in the Campaigns of Minority and White State Legislative Candidates,” Paul S. Herrnson, Atiya Kai Stokes.

“Reassessing the Impact of Campaign Contributions on Legislative Roll Call Votes: Controlling for Heterogenous Effects,” Matthew Jarvis, Justin Buchler.

“The Role of War Chests and Fundraising in Congressional Elections,” Jason Daniel Mycoff.

“Senate Apprenticeship in Historical Perspective: Senator’s Maiden Floor Speeches,” David R. White.

“Strategic Decision Making and the Invoking of Cloture in the,” Gregory R. Thorson, Tasina Nitzschke, Nicholas J. Maxwell.

“Strategic Influences and Congressional Voting: Continuity and Change,” Lawrence S. Rothenberg, Mitchell S. Sanders.

“Strategic Redistricting, the Secret Ballot and Electoral Competition, 1840-1940,” Erik J. Engstrom.

“Structure, Preferences, and Outcomes: Explaining When Bills Do-and-Don’t Become Law,” Barbara Sinclair. 

“Term-Limited Legislators Responsiveness to Constituents: The Case of the” Chris Wilson, Charles Elder, Lyke Thompson, Richard Elling.

“Term Limits and Institutional Maintenance in the Maine Legislature,” Matthew C. Moen. 

“Term Limits and the New York City Council,” Jeffrey Fred Kraus.

“Term Limits, Professionalism, and Committee Roles: Theories from Congress and Evidence from States,” Thaddeus Kousser.

“A Theory of Institutional Choice,” Gregory Koger.

“A ‘Tools of the Trade’ Look at Comparing Congress with State Legislatures,” Keith E. Hamm, Peverill Squire.

“The Use of Self-Executing Rules Under Democratic and Republican Majorities in the House of Representatives, 1989-2000,” Don Wolfensberger.

“The Use of Verbal Political Symbols by U.S. Senators to Enhance Representational Linkages,” Kim Quaile Hill, Patricia A. Hurley.

“Using State Legislative Rules of Procedure to Test Existing Theories of Legislative Organization,” Nancy Martorano.

“Congressional Budget Priorities: A Representational Perspective,” Patrick Fisher, Monmouth University.

“The House Budget Committee: Policy Change and Political Conflict in 2001,” Joan Hulse Thompson, Arcadia University.

“Ideological Polarization in Congress and the Delegation of Legislative Authority to Agencies,” Margit Tavits, University of Pittsburgh.

“The Impact of Budget Reform on Congressional Spending Decisions,” Bill Heniff, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park.

“The Impact of Redistricting on Legislative Roll-Call Behavior,” Johanna Dunaway, University of North Texas.
“Political Change, Shifting Coalitions: Factions and Cleavages in the Republican Committee on Committees,” Scott A. Frisch, California State University, Bakersfield; Sean Q. Kelly, Niagara University.

“Soft Behavior Responses (SBRs): How and Why Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Attempt to Affect Legislation through Off-the-Record Behavior,” Bert Levine, Bucknell University.

“Towards a New Theory of Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Matthew N. Green, Yale University.

SPSA Papers: 

“Accuracy of Early Versus Late Predictions of Outcomes in Open House Seats,” Ronald Keith Gaddie, Charles S. Bullock III, Craig A. Williams, University of Oklahoma.

“Building Coalitions for Women’s Issues: An Analysis of Cosponsorship in the 103rd and 104th Congresses,” Michele Swers, Mary Washington College.

“Controlling Turf: Referral and Amendment Rights in the House,” Charles J. Finocchiaro, Michigan State University, Bryan W. Marshall, University of Missouri, St. Louis.

“Cosponsorship Among Supporters of Legislation,” Brain M. Harward, University of Georgia.

“Delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives: Evolution and Effectiveness, 1970-2000,” Michael K. Fauntroy, Congressional Research Service.

“Deference or Dissent? Congress Responds to U.S. vs. Eichman,” Christopher N. Lawrence, University of Mississippi.

“Deliberation in the House of Representatives: The Role of Congressional Members Organizations,” Celia M. Carroll, Emory University.

“District Heterogeneity and Roll Call Voting,” Abby Lorenz, Texas A&M University.

“Divided Government, Legislative Professionalism and the Veto in the American States,” David W. Prince, University of Kentucky.

“Does Political Money Enhance or Inhibit Congressional Responsiveness?” Michael Bailey, Georgetown University.

“Electoral Accountability and Roll Call Voting in the U.S. Senate,” Jamie Carson, Michigan State University.

“Growing Congress: An Agent-Based Model of Congressional Organization,” Scott Graves, Jack  Buckley, SUNY, Stony Brook.

“Heterogeneity and Representation: Constituent Influence in Congress,” Benjamin G. Bishin, University of Miami and Harvard-MIT.

“Ideological Convergence and Political Risk in U.S. House Elections,” Nathan  Burroughs, Robert Rudy, University of Georgia.

“Leading a Divided Senate,” C. Larry Evans, College of William and Mary, Walter Oleszek, Congressional Research Service, Elizabeth A. Isaacs, College of William and Mary.

“Linking Legislators and Constituents: The Role of the Local Press,” Brian Schaffner, Indiana University.

“Long-Term Position Change in Roll Call Voting,” Scott R. Meinke, Ohio State University. 

“Measuring District Interests: What Have We Been Missing?” Kristina Miler, University of Michigan.

“Measuring Legislative Contentiousness over Time: An Aggregate Analysis of the U.S. Legislative Process,” Scot. D. Schraufnagel, Florida State University.

“One Party Dominant System in the Legislature Was Not Built in a Day: Institutionalization of the Japanese Diet Based on the Individual Government Bills Data Base During 1947-1996,” Kentaro Fukumoto, Gakushuin University.

“The Politics of treaty Ratification: Insights into Presidential Congressional Relations,” Jeffrey S.  Peake, Bowling Green State University, Glen S. Krutz, Arizona State University.

“Presidential Scandal, Impeachment Politics, and Congressional Elections: An Examination of Strategic Retirement in 1998-2000,” Phillip B. Bridgmon, University of Alabama.

“The Puzzle of Constituency Diversity Revisited: Conditional Effects of District Diversity on Competition in Congressional Elections,” Jon R. Bond, Texas A&M University; Kristen Campbell, Hamilton College; James Cottrill, Texas A&M University.

“Reexamining Gridlock in the Legislative Process: A Transaction Cost Approach,” Brad T. Gomez, Sarah M. Gubala, University of South Carolina.

“The Rules of the Game: The Genesis and Nature of Parliamentary Rule Changes in Legislative Systems,” Julianne Flowers, Georgia State University.

“Seniority and Support for Government Spending in the House: Is There a Culture of Spending?” Renee Renegar, James C. Garand, Louisiana State University.

“Tenure, Policy Accountability, and Congressional Elections,” George A. Krause, University of Couth Carolina.

“Testing the Vote-Buying Hypothesis: Evidence from the 1922 Ship Subsidy Bill,” Craig
Goodman, Timothy O. Nokken, University of Houston.

“Voting Behavior of Congress Members: Does Statesmanship Matter?” Micheala C. Denny, Florida State University.