Dividers, not uniters: Presidential leadership and senate partisanship, 1981-2004

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 914-928

  Lee, Frances E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 54549086731     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608080961     Document Type: Article

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