The position-taking value of bill sponsorship in congress

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 387-397

  Rocca, Michael S ^a   Gordon, Stacy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

American politics; Legislative studies; Political organizations and parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953058124     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908330347     Document Type: Article

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