Rules for War : Procedural Choice in the US House of Representatives (Paperback)

Contents: Introduction; Party leadership and agent performance in Congress; Designing an effective agent: understanding institutional changes to the House Rules Committee; Political parties and procedural coordination for collective action; The role of restrictive rules in the Postreform House; The policy implications of special rules: evidence from the House and Senate; Floor waivers and procedural partisanship in the House; Conclusion and thoughts on the future leverage of procedural choice; Bibliography; Index.