Procedural choice and the house committee on rules

Journal of Politics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-53

  Dion, Douglas ^a   Huber, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0030306675     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960347     Document Type: Article

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