As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect.
War before the Floor: Committee Leaders, Preferences and Parties in the US House of Representatives, 1947-1998 In the US House of Representatives, the committee system is the primary method for fashioning laws that appear on the chamber floor for a roll call vote. T... JD Collens - 《J...
House of Representatives introduced four bills on Feb. 12 aimed at capturing carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. The bills are the first part of a broader climate plan that House GOP lawmakers plan to roll out this Congress to define their stance on the issue ahead of ...
## Get a rollcall object using the ids, please limit to a few ids for now! rc <- voteview_download(res$id[1:10]) #> Downloading 10 rollcalls #> Reading vote data for 10 rollcalls #> Building vote matrix #> Building legis.data matrix #> Building rollcall object, may take some ...
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by changing a rule agreed to by McCarthy that allowed any one member of the House to call for the speaker's ouster through what is known as a "motion to vacate." Johnson's proposed rules would require nine members of the majority to agree before forcing the type of vote that led to ...
Donna's story in the "Roll Call post" got me all misty eyed thinking about the great friends and time's I've had in 30+ years of barbecuin' Let's try this, tell us a great story. We'll vote on the best and I'm sure I can talk Donna into sending out somet
electoral cross-pressuresAldrich-McKelvey scalingTheoretical and empirical models of congressional voting assume that legislators vote with the sole purpose to move policy closer to their ideologically ideal point. While NOMINATE correctly classifies most votes cast by members of Congress, a significant ...
House Democratic leadership said in a statement that they expect McCarthy to bring a separate Ukraine aid bill to vote when the House returns. “We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted,” Biden said in a statement. McCarthy’s fate unknown: The...
• Trump names chief of staff: President-elect Donald Trump announced his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will serve as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the role. This comes as sources close to Trump tell CNN he sees a popular vote win as a mandate to enact the...