Measuring state legislative committee power: Change and chamber differences in the 20th century

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-111

  Hamm, Keith E ^a   Hedlund, Ronald D ^b   Martorano, Nancy ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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EID: 33745585337     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000600600105     Document Type: Article

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