War for the floor: Partisan theory and agenda control in the U.S. house of representatives

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-61

  Finocchiaro, Charles J ^a   Rohde, David W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina ^*

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EID: 42149118905     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298008783743273     Document Type: Article

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