Position Taking and Cosponsorship in the U.S. House

• Autores: Gregory Koger
• Localización: Legislative studies quarterly, ISSN 0362-9805, Vol. 28, N. 2, 2003, págs. 225-246
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Bill cosponsorship has become an important part of the legislative and electoral process in the modern House of Representatives. Using interviews with congressional members and staff, I explain the role of cosponsorship as a signal to agenda setters and a form of position taking for constituents. Regression analysis confirms that cosponsoring varies with a member's electoral circumstances, institutional position, and state size, but generally members have adapted slowly to the introduction of cosponsorship to the rules and practice of the House.