Legislative Studies Quarterly

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Legislator turnover and lobbyist exits	21
The Last Shall Be Last: Ethnic, Racial, and Nativist Bias in Distributive Politics	17
Congressional town halls	17
Anti‐Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State Democratic Performance	16
Claiming and Blaming: How Minority Party Status Shapes Filibuster Framing in the U.S. Senate	15
Immigrant detention be banned? Constituent, subconstituent, and elite influence over House Democrat's decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act	14
About the Authors	14
Cover Bills	12
Recorded Votes as Attention Booster: How Opposition Parties use Roll Calls and Nonrecorded Votes for Position Taking in the German Bundestag, 2017–21	12
Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens	12
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Success Denied: Social Class and Perceptions of Political Success	10
Can legislative majorities shape budgets? A comparative analysis of presidential systems in Latin America	9
About the Authors	8
Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy‐making networks	8
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Historically marginalized groups and ideological representation in legislatures	7
District Size and Proximity to the Pork Barrel in Congressional Elections	6
A Rich Woman's World? Wealth and Gendered Paths to Office	6
Wealth and Policymaking in the U.S. House of Representatives	6
Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments	6
Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress	6
The Political Economy of High‐Skilled Immigration: Analyzing (Co)Sponsorship on High‐Skilled Immigration Bills in the U.S. Congress	6
The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions	6
The Institution's Knowledge: Congressional Staff Experience and Committee Productivity	6

Responsive rhetoric: Evidence from congressional redistricting	5
About the Authors	5
Who Shows Up? Legislative Attendance by Electoral Seat Type in Bangladesh and Pakistan	5
Redefining “expansion” in congressional communication: Homestyles for a digital constituency	5
Descriptive representation on K street: Race and gender among federal lobbyists	5
How germane are moral and economic policies to ideology? Evidence from Latin American legislators	4
Institutional Attachments and Patterns of Ambition in State Legislatures	4
Lesser of Two Evils: Allocating Resources to Opposition Districts in Pakistan	4
The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database	4
What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures	4
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CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators' e‐Newsletters in Australia	4
About the Authors	4
Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritization	4
Issue Information	3
Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform	3
Partisan and Ideological Bias Among the Attentive Public: Evidence From Witness Slips in the Illinois General Assembly	3
“Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority	3
Priority Projects: Constituent Spending Demand and the Benefits of Congressional Credit Claiming	2
Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 140	2
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Trade Competitiveness, Constituency Interests, and Legislators' Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements	2
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Asymmetries in Potential for Partisan Gerrymandering	2
Parliamentary Debate and Job Market Signaling in Westminster Systems	2
The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their reelection	2
Distinctive Voices: Political Speech, Rhetoric, and the Substantive Representation of Women in European Parliaments	2
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Incentivizing anticorruption reform: Evidence from a natural experiment in Mexican subnational legislatures	2
Military Experience and the Use of Force: Congressional AUMF Votes Among Combat and Non‐Combat Veteran Legislators	2
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Who Controls the Legislative Process? Party Cartels, Committee Gatekeepers, and Subcommittee Activity in the South Korean National Assembly	2
Dancing Around the Issue? Public Opinion and Strategic Vagueness in Parliamentary Speech	2
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Who Runs for Higher Office? Electoral Institutions and Level‐Hopping Attempts in Germany's State Legislatures	1
Competence in the Eye of the Electorate: Appearance, Incumbency, and Vote Shares	1
Divergent Position Taking Under Uncertainty With an Application to Chile's 2021–2022 Constituent Convention	1
Ends versus means? Ideology and support for repeals in the mass public	1
When Do Interest Groups Lobby Legislators in Strong Presidential Systems?	1
Engaged Hawks and Quiet Doves: Introducing the National Defense Engagement Index	1
Issue Information	1
Prior Experience and State Legislative Effectiveness	1
No Experience Required: Early Donations and Amateur Candidate Success in Primary Elections	1
Does It Matter What You Do (Or Only Who You Are)? On the Effects of Parliamentarians' Behavior on Vote Choice	1
How Do General Election Incentives Affect the Visible and Invisible Primary?	1
Men Are From Mars, and Women Are From Venus? Political Ambition of Women and Men Within the Legislature	1
District Populations and Partisan Bias	1
Misogyny, politics, and social media determinants of hostile engagement against women parliamentarians on Twitter	1
Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre‐Electoral Coalitions	1
Effects of Seating Arrangements on Parliamentary Collaborations	1

Legislative Pensions and Re‐election Seeking: Evidence from Canadian Legislatures	1
About the Authors	1
Gender, Party Status, and Lawmaking in the American States: A Reassessment of Legislative Effectiveness	1
Correction to “Does the Numerical Underrepresentation of the Working Class in Congress Matter?”	1
Congressional Bargaining and the Distribution of Grants	1
Influence of Interest Group Affiliations on Legislative Performance: An Analysis of Mexican Legislators From 2006 to 2018	1
The logic of ambitious legislators in fluid party systems	1
When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea	1
Line‐item vetoes as a coordination mechanism	1
About the Authors	1
A Measure of Congressional Committee Influence	1
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Are State Legislative Leaders Moderates?	1
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How Filibuster Rhetoric Informs Perceptions of Politicians	1
Information and Confrontation in Legislative Oversight	1
A place to speak and be heard? Parliamentary speech and media attention in Estonia, 2011–2019	0
Legislative Control and Partisan Disparities in Dyadic Representation	0
Rhetorical and Revealed Opposition to Compromise Among Local and State Legislators	0
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About the Authors	0
Misrepresented or Miss Represented? Gendered Priority Responsiveness in Norway	0
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Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism	0
The Partisan Politics of Rainy Day Fund Investment	0
The Separation of Powers and Policymaking in the US States	0
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Shared Pain, Common Purpose: How Shared Problem Status Drives Congressional Collaboration on Opioid Legislation	0
Analyzing gender gaps in bicameral legislatures: How asymmetrical institutions affect the supply and demand for female candidates	0
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When Politics Is Not Pivotal: Supermajority Debate Rules in State Legislatures	0
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Policy Content of Legislative Vetoes and Success of Presidential Activism Under Semi‐Presidentialism	0
Boosted and Branded: Congressional Advertising With Constituents	0
Coalition Governance under Separation of Powers: Shadowing by Committee in Coalitional Presidentialism	0
The origins of centralized agenda control at Westminster: Consensus or controversy?	0
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Experimental Evidence of the Benefits and Risks of Credit Claiming and Pork Busting	0
About the Authors	0
Bureaucratic Responsiveness under Dynamic Political Settings: Experimental Evidence from Local Governments	0
In the Eyes of the Beholder? Understanding Policymakers' Perceptions of Corruption	0
Promoting a Diverse Bench: An Analysis of Elite Messaging About Descriptive Representation	0
Do Your Job, Keep Your Seat: The Causal Effect of MPs' Legislation on Reelection	0
Electoral Reform and Legislative Behavior: Evidence From Denmark's Transition to Proportional Representation	0
Control or Representation? Government‐Opposition Dynamics and the Use of Geographic Parliamentary Questions	0
Mechanisms of Checks and Balances: Appropriations, Congressional Committees, and Interbranch Conflict	0
Conducting Interview Projects in the US Congress: Analyzing the Methods of Experts in the Field	0
‘No es la democracia que míster superman quiere imponernos desde Washington’: An analysis of populist attitudes on democracy from Latin American legislators	0
A More Future‐Oriented Legislature? The Impact of a Permanent “Future Committee” on the Temporal Focus of MPs	0
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Legislation Against the Odds: Overcoming Ideological Gridlock in EU Decision‐Making	0
Underneath the Surface: Unpacking Gendered Dynamics in Legislative Oversight in Italian Municipalities	0
Geographic representation and requests for federal funds in the U.S. senate	0
Legislating landlords: Private interests, issue emphasis, and policy positions	0
The Language of Delegation: An NLP Analysis of Congressional Bill Text	0
Competing Principals in a Multinational State: Legislative Behavior in Imperial Austria, 1907–1914	0
Polarization and Place‐Based Representation in US State Legislatures	0
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Partisan Governance and Minority Party Vetoes: Evidence from State Legislatures	0
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Institutional opportunism: How electoral fortunes shape preferences for power‐sharing institutions in Latin America	0
About the Authors	0
The Duration of Caretaker Periods and the Formation of Parliamentary Governments	0
Talking to the Populist Radical Right: A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Debates	0
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Parliamentary Staff Size Around the World	0
Human Capital Exiting Capitol Hill? Differences in Congressional Staff Turnover by Race and Gender	0
Issue Competition in Parliamentary Speeches? A Computer‐based Content Analysis of Legislative Debates in the Austrian Nationalrat	0
Minor Party Major Change: Democratic Environmental Re‐Prioritization in Response to Green Party Competition	0
The (Sometimes Untraceable) Origins of Policy Ideas in Congress: An Analysis of Seven Landmark Laws	0
Electoral reform and fragmented polarization: New evidence from Taiwan legislative roll calls	0
Geographical Representation Under a Single Nationwide District: The Case of the Netherlands	0
The foundational effects of gender: Exploring Latin American elites’ perceptions of corruption	0
Maybe later: Term limits and strategy behind candidate entry	0
A Good Partisan? Ideology, Loyalty, and Public Evaluations of Members of Congress	0
Strategies of Control: Members of Congress and Policy Outcomes	0

Explaining How Subnational Politics Shapes Committee Assignment in a Federal Country: The Case of Argentina	0
Ministries That We Want: Legislative Behavior and Signaling of Portfolio Salience	0
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What Legislators Tell Us About Legislatures: Evidence From PELA‐USAL	0
Talking Like Opposition Parties? Electoral Proximity and Language Styles Employed by Coalition Partners in a Mixed Member Majoritarian System	0
Effects of Increased Transparency on Political Divides and MP Behavior: Evidence from Televised Question Hours in the Finnish Parliament	0
Parliamentary Control of the Executive and the Duration of Government Formation	0
Take (Her) to the Limit: Term Limits do Not Diminish Women's Overperformance in Legislative Office	0
Interest Groups and Intra‐Party Conflict on Scored Votes	0
Does Electing Women Reduce Corruption? A Regression Discontinuity Approach	0
Personality and political representation—How personality traits shape MPs' attitudes toward gender equality	0
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Closing the Gap: An Analysis of Women's Representation in State Legislatures and the Gender Pay Gap	0
Physicians in congress: Professional backgrounds and legislative effectiveness	0
Who gets to speak for the party? How parliamentary party groups select spokespersons	0
Getting what you pay for: Resource allocations and legislative success	0
Proving Her Strength: The Partisan and Gendered Implications of Legislative Obstruction	0
Do Women Legislators Legislate Differently Than Men on Gun‐Related Policy? A Suggestive Yes	0
The Effect of Policy Traceability on Legislative Incentives	0
Voter Preferences for Legislators' Effort Allocation: Evidence From Taiwan	0
Black Trust inUSLegislatures	0
The Promise and Peril of Constituent Interactions: The Determinants of Town Hall Participation Among Members of Congress	0
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Already Gone: Retaining Women in State Legislatures	0
Loyal Activists? Party Socialization and Dissenting Voting Behavior in Parliament	0
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Tabling Debate: How Local Officials Try to Use Agenda Control to Stifle Conflict	0
Selective Activism: Co‐Partisan Engagement in US Foreign Policy	0
Still “the Domain of Men?” Gender Quotas and Women's Inclusion in Local Politics in Italy	0
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Cheerleaders for Autocracy: Parliamentary Speech Making During Democratic Backsliding in Malawi and Zambia	0
Closer to the people? Determinants of citizen–MP contact in Africa	0
Foxes and Hedgehogs in Legislatures: Why Do Some MPs Become Policy Specialists and Others Generalists?	0
Constituency Focus in Party‐Centered Systems: How Individual, Party, and District‐Level Factors Shape Parliamentary Questions in South Africa	0
The Quality of Bipartisan Legislation	0
Social media versus surveys: A new scalable approach to understanding legislators' discourse	0
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Independents in Parliament: Temporary Status or Final Destination?	0
The Link Between Educational Socialization, Descriptive Representation, and Substantive Representation	0
Geographical Representation on the Floor: Parliamentary Rules and Legislative Speeches in Party‐Centered Contexts	0
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