Making laws and making points: Senate governance in an era of uncertain majorities

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Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Frances E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Congressional control; Leadership; Senate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857989995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1540-8884.1488     Document Type: Article

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