The politics of talk: Unconstrained floor time in the U.S. house of representatives

Journal of Politics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 819-830

  Maltzman, Forrest ^a   Sigelman, Lee ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030500732     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960448     Document Type: Article

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