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NB: The numbers in [square brackets] indicate the rank-ordering in a citation count conducted using all articles from the AJPS, APSR, and LSQ since 2000 that addressed a topic in congressional politics. (For instance, the first assigned reading, by Miller and Stokes, was the 31st most-cited article among all articles about congressional politics in these journal since 2000.) There are many ties.
Aldrich, John. Why Parties?: The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780226012728.
Arnold, R. Douglas. The Logic of Congressional Action. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780300048346.
Binder, Sarah A. Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521587921.
Clausen, Aage. How Congressmen Decide. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 1973. ISBN: 9780312394455.
Cox, Gary W., and Mathew D. McCubbins. Legislative Leviathan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780520072206.
Dion, G. Douglas. Turning the Legislative Thumbscrew: Minority Rights and Procedural Change in Legislative Politics. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780472108206.
Dodd, Lawrence, and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Congress Reconsidered. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2004. ISBN: 9781568028590.
Downs, Anthony. An Economic Theory of Democracy. New York, NY: Harper, 1957.
Fenno, Richard F. Congressmen in Committees. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1973.
———. Home style: House Members in Their Districts. New York, NY: Longman Press, 1978, 2002. ISBN: 9780321121837.
Fiorina, Morris P. Representatives, Roll Calls, and Constituencies. Toronto, ON: Lexington Books,1974. ISBN: 9780669902174.
Jacobson, Gary C. Politics of Congressional Elections. New York, NY: Longman, 2000. ISBN: 9780321070692.
———. The Electoral Origins of Divided Government: Competition in U.S. House elections 1946-1988. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780813309071.
Krehbiel, Keith. Information and Legislative Organization. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780472094608.
———. Pivotal Politics Chicago. IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780226452722.
Mayhew, David. Congress: The Electoral Connection. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780300105872.
Poole, Keith T., and Howard Rosenthal. Congress: A political-economic History of Roll Call Voting. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780195055771.
Rohde, David W. Parties and Leaders in the Post-reform House of Representatives. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780226724072.
Sinclair, Barbara. Legislators, Leaders, and Lawmaking: The U.S. House of Representatives in the postreform era. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780801849558.
Wilson, Woodrow. Congressional Government. Boston, MA; New York, NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887.
Cooper, Joseph, and David W. Brady."Institutional context and leadership style: The House from Cannon to Rayburn." American Political Science Review 75 (1981): 411-425.
Froman, Lewis A., Jr., and Randall B. Ripley. "Conditions for party leadership: The case of the House Democrats." American Political Science Review 59 (1965): 52-63.
Groseclose, Timothy, Stephen D. Levitt, and James M. Snyder, Jr. "Comparing interest group scores across time and chambers: Adjusted ADA scores for the U.S. Congress." American Political Science Review 93 (1999): 33-50.
Hall, Richard L., and Frank W. Wayman. Buying time: Moneyed interested and the mobilization of bias in congressional committees 84 (1990): 797-820.
Heckman, James J., and James M. Snyder, Jr. Linear probability modesl of the demand for attributes with an empirical application to estimating the preferences of legislators 28, special issue (1997): S142-S189.
Krehbiel, Keith. "Where's the party?" British Journal of Political Science 23 (1993): 235-266.
———. "Restrictive rules reconsidered." American Journal of Political Science 41 (1997): 919-944.
Miller, Warren E., and Donald E. Stokes. "Constituency influence in Congress." American Political Science Review 57 (1963): 45-56.
Schickler, Eric, and A. Rich. "Controlling the floor: Parties as procedural coalitions in the House." American Journal of Political Science 41 (1997): 1340-1375.
Shepsle, Kenneth A., and Barry R. Weingast. "The institutional foundations of committee power." American Political Science Review 81 (1987): 85-104.
Binder, Sarah A. Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. ISBN: 0815709099.
Huber, John D., and Charles R. Shipan. Deliberate Discretion?: The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780521520706.
Schickler, Eric. Disjointed pluralism: Institutional innovation and development of the U.S. Congress. Princeton, NJ: University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780691049267.
Cameron, Charles M. Veto Bargaining: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power. New York, NY:Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780521625500.
Canon, David. Race Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780226092713.
Krehbiel, Keith. Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780226452722.
Poole, Keith T., and Howard Rosenthal. Congress: A Political-economic History of Roll Call Voting. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780195055771.
Hall, Richard. Participation in Congress. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780300068115.
Hibbing, John R., and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. Congress as Public Enemy. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780521483360.
Sinclair, Barbara. Legislators, Leaders, and Lawmakers. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780801849558.
Davidson, Chandler, and Bernard Grofman. Quiet Revolution in the South Princeton. NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780691021089.
Cox, Gary W., and Matthew D. McCubbins. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780520072206.
Swain, Carol. Black Faces, Black Interests. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992, 1993. ISBN: 9780674076150.
Sorauf, Frank. Inside Campaign Finance. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780300059328.
Krehbiel, Keith. Information and Legislative Organization. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780472094608.
Kiewiet, D. Roderick, and Mathew D. McCubbins. The Logic of Delegation. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780226435312.
Mayhew, David R. Divided We Govern New Haven. CT: Yale University press, 1991. ISBN: 9780300048353.
Rohde, David W. Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780226724072.
Arnold, R. Douglas. The Logic of Congressional Action. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780300048346.
Bond, Jon R. The President in the Legislative Arena. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780226064093.
Canon, David T. Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780226092683.
Jacobson, Gary C. The Electoral Origins of Divided Government. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780813309071.
Sinclair, Barbara. The Transformation of the U.S. Senate. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780801837661.
Smith, Steven S. Call to Order. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780815780137.
Brady, David W. Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780804714426.
Cain, Bruce, John Ferejohn, and Morris Fiorina. The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780674663183.
Jacobson, Gary C. The Politics of Congressional Elections. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1987. ISBN: 9780316455640.
Squire, Peverel. "Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures." (1992): 69-79.
Moe, Terry M. "An Assessment of the Positive Theory of Congressional Dominance." (1987): 475-520.
Shepsle, Kenneth A., and Barry R. Weingast. "Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions." (1994): 149-179.
Poole, Keith T., and Howard Rosenthal. "D-NOMINATE after 10 Years: A Comparative Update to Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll-Call Voting." pp. 5-29.
Huber, John D. and Charles R. Shipan. "The Costs of Control: Legislators, Agencies, and Transaction Costs." (2000): 25-52.
Reingold, Beth. "Concepts of Representation among Female and Male State Legislators." (1992): 509-537.
Snyder, James M. "Artificial Extremism in Interest Group Ratings." (1992): 319-345.
Crombez, Christophe. "The Co-Decision Procedure in the European Union. (1997): 97-119.
Squire, Peverel. "Career Opportunities and Membership Stability in Legislatures." (1988): 65-82.
———. "Challengers in United States Senate Elections." (1989): 531-547.
Jewell, Malcolm E., and David Breaux. "The Effect of Incumbency on State Legislative Elections." (1988): 495-514.
Vega, Arturo, and Juanita M. Firestone. "The Effects of Gender on Congressional Behavior and the Substantive Representation of Women." (1995): 213-222.
Swers, Michele. "Are Women More Likely to Vote for Women's Issue Bills than Their Male Colleagues?" (1998): 435-448.
Hager, Gregory L., and Jeffery C. Talbert. "Look for the Party Label: Party Influences on Voting in the U.S. House." (2000): 75-99.
Squire, Peverel. "Uncontested Seats in State Legislative Elections." (2000): 131-146.
Remington, Thomas F., and Steven S. Smith. "The Development of Parliamentary Parties in Russia." (1995): 457-489.
Londregan, John, and James M. Snyder. "Comparing Committee and Floor Preferences." (1994): 233-266.
Krehbiel, Keith. "Spatial Models of Legislative Choice." (1988): 259-319.
Burden, Barry C., Gregory A. Caldeira, and Timothy Groseclose. "Measuring the Ideologies of U.S. Senators: The Song Remains the Same." 2000: 237-258.
Matland, Richard E. "Women's Representation in National Legislatures: Developed and Developing Countries." (1998): 109-125.
Nokken, Timothy P. "Dynamics of Congressional Loyalty: Party Defection and Roll Call Behavior, 1947-97." (2000): 417-444.
Rohde, David W. "Parties and Committees in the House: Member Motivations, Issues, and Institutional Arrangements." (1994): 341-359.
Cox, Gary W., and Mathew D. McCubbins. "Bonding, Structure, and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House." (1994): 215-231.
Krehbiel, Keith. "Paradoxes of Parties in Congress." (1999): 31-64.
Poole, Keith T., and Howard Rosenthal. "Patterns of Congressional Voting." (1991): 228-278.
Green, Donald P., and Jonathan S. Krasno. "Salvation for the Spendthrift Incumbent:Reestimating the Effects of Campaign Spending in House Elections." (1988): 884-907.
Huddy, Leonine, and Nayda Terkildsen. "Gender Stereotypes and the Perception of Male and Female Candidates." (1993): 119-147.
Jacobson, Gary C. "The Effects of Campaign Spending in House Elections: New Evidence for Old Arguments." (1990): 334-362.
Ansolabehere, Stephen, James M. Snyder, and Charles Stewart III. "Candidate Positioning in U.S. House Elections." (2001): 136-159.
Jackson, John E., and John W. Kingdon. "Ideology, Interest Group Scores, and Legislative Votes." (1992): 805-823.
McKelvey, Richard D. "Covering, Dominance, and Institution-Free Properties of Social Choice." (1986): 283-314.
Calvert, Randal L., Mathew D. McCubbins, and Barry R. Weingast. "A Theory of Political Control and Agency Discretion." (1989): 588-611.
Gilligan, Thomas W., and Keith Krehbiel. "Asymmetric Information and Legislative Rules with a Heterogeneous Committee." (1989): 459-490.
Jacobson, Gary C. "The Marginals Never Vanished: Incumbency and Competition in Elections to the United States House of Representatives, 1952-82." (1987): 126-141.
Poole, Keith T. "Recovering a Basic Space from a Set of Issue Scales." (1998): 954-993.
Gilligan, Thomas W., and Keith Krehbiel. "Organization of Informative Committees by a Rational Legislature." (1990): 531-564.
Mooney, Christopher Z., and Mei-Shien Lee. "Legislating Morality in the American States: The Case of Pre-Roe Abortion Regulation Reform." (1995): 599-627.
Ames, Barry. "Electoral Strategy Under Open-List Proportional Representation." (1995): 406-433.
Gerber,Elizabeth R. "Legislative Response to the Threat of Popular Initiatives." (1996): 99-128.
Groseclose, Timothy. "A Model of Candidate Location when One Candidate Has a Valence Advantage." (2001): 862-886.
Grenzke, Janet M. "PACs and the Congressional Supermarket: The Currency Is Complex." (1989): 1-29.
Smith, David Austen, and John R. Wright. "Counteractive Lobbying." (1994): 25-44.
Erikson, Robert S. "Economic Conditions and the Congressional Vote: A Review of the Macrolevel Evidence." (1990): 373-399.
Durr, Robert H., John B. Gilmour, and Christina Wolbrecht. "Explaining Congressional Approval." (1997): 175-207.
McCubbins, Mathew D. "The Legislative Design of Regulatory Structure." (1985): 721-748.
King, Gary, James E. Alt, Nancy E. Burns, and Michael Laver. "A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies." (1990): 846-871.
Segal, Jeffrey A., Charles M. Cameron, and Albert D. Cover. "A Spatial Model of Roll Call Voting: Senators, Constituents, Presidents, and Interest Groups in Supreme Court Confirmations." (1992): 96-121.
Huber, John D., Charles R. Shipan, and Madelaine Pfahler. "Legislatures and Statutory Control of Bureaucracy." (2001): 330-345.
Shepsle, Kenneth A., and Barry R. Weingast. "The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power." (1987): 85-104.
Baron, David P., and John A. Ferejohn. "Bargaining in Legislatures." (1989): 1181-1206.
Groseclose, Timothy, Stephen D. Levitt, and James M. Snyder, Jr. "Comparing Interest Group Scores across Time and Chambers: Adjusted ADA Scores for the U.S. Congress." (1999): 33-50.
Stimson, James A., Michael B. MacKuen, and Robert S. Erikson. "Dynamic Representation." (1995): 543-565.
Tsebelis, George. "The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter." (1994): 128-142.
Denzau, Arthur T., and Michael C. Munger. "Legislators and Interest-Groups: How Unorganized Interests Get Represented." (1986): 89-106.
Bawn, Kathleen. "Political Control versus Expertise: Congressional Choices about Administrative Procedures." (1995): 62-73.
Moe, Terry M. "Control and Feedback in Economic Regulation: The Case of the NLRB." (1985): 1094-1116.
Cameron, Charles, David Epstein, and Sharyn O'Halloran. "Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress?" (1996): 794-812.
Hall, Richard L., and Frank W. Wayman. "Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees." (1990): 797-820.
Smith, David Austen, and Jeffrey Banks. "Elections, Coalitions, and Legislative Outcomes." (1988): 405-422.
Segal, Jeffrey A. "Separation-of-Powers Games in the Positive Theory of Congress and Courts." (1997): 28-44.
Wood, B. Dan, and Richard W. Waterman. "The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy." (1991): 801-828.
Alt, James E., and Robert C. Lowry. "Divided Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Budget Deficits: Evidence from the States." (1994): 811-828.
Krehbiel, Keith. "Are Congressional Committees Composed of Preference Outliers." (1990): 149-163.
Kathlene, Lyn. "Power and Influence in State Legislative Policy-Making: The Interaction of Gender and Position in Committee Hearing Debates." (1994): 560-576.
Diermeier, Daniel, and Timothy J. Feddersen." Cohesion in Legislatures and the Vote of Confidence Procedure." (1998): 611-621.
Abramowitz, Alan I. "Explaining Senate Election Outcomes." (1988): 385-403.
Alesina, and Howard Rosenthal. "Partisan Cycles in Congressional Elections and the Macroeconomy." (1989): 373-398.
Burden, Barry C., and David C. Kimball. "A New Approach to the Study of Ticket Splitting." (1998): 533-544.
Laver, Michael, and Kenneth A. Shepsle. "Coalitions and Cabinet Government." (1990): 873-890.
Wright, John R. "Contributions, Lobbying, and Committee Voting in the United States House of Representatives." (1990): 417-438.
McCarthy, Nolan, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal. "The Hunt for Party Discipline in Congress." (2001): 673-687.
Huber, John D. "The Vote of Confidence in Parliamentary Democracies." (1996): 269-282.
Hall, Richard L., and Bernard Grofman. "The Committee Assignment Process and the Conditional Nature of Committee Bias." (1990): 1149-1166.