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When politics is personal: The role of personal policy interests in legislative activity.
(2006)
Mainstream literature on congressional behavior continues to concentrate on reelection as members' primary motivator, rather than exploring the other reasons for the legislative activities in which members engage. Although ...
The making of legislative agents: Interest group influence in congressional policymaking.
(2001)
These findings emphasize the importance of interest groups and their lobbyists in congressional policymaking. They make strategic decisions to use their resources to target members in key places along the paths of policymaking, ...
Washington style: Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
(1998)
Members of the United States House of Representatives adopt one of three distinct patterns or styles of behavior in Washington: a constituent style, policy style or partisan style. These styles are the vehicles House members ...