Beyond the roll-call arena: The determinants of position taking in congress

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-316

  Highton, Benjamin ^a   Rocca, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 23244446584     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290505800210     Document Type: Article

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