Presidents and personal goals: The speaker of the house as nonmajoritarian leader

Congress and the Presidency

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Green, Matthew N ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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EID: 51249150735     PISSN: 07343469     EISSN: 19441053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07343460709507658     Document Type: Article

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