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Declining Fortunes: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1946-2004
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Declining Fortunes:
Institutional Change and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1947-2002
Linda L. Fowler
Dartmouth College
R. Brian Law
University of California—Los Angeles
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, DC, September 1, 2005.
Abstract:
The declining fortunes of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), from
its heyday in the aftermath of World War II to its increasingly marginal role in thecontemporary Senate, offer insight into the interplay of external and internal factors ingenerating institutional change. The paper demonstrates how asymmetrical presidentialpower insures that the SFRC is unable to recoup lost influence and how party polarizationfurther weakens the commi
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structures suggests that purposive control over institutional arrangements inside Congressmay be less than scholars typically assume.
We are indebted to scholars who generously shared data with us: William
Howell, Christopher Deering, and Charles Stewart. We also acknowledge the assistanceof Dartmouth students with data collection, bibliographic assistance and fruitfuldiscussion: Daniel Correa, Ashley Hannebrink, Jared Hyatt, Adam Shpeen and MatthewSlaine. Finally, we thank several of our colleagues who provided sharp insights andadvice: Tim Groseclose, Michael Herron, and Anoop Sarbahi.
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Declining Fortunes:
Institutional Change and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1947-2002
Linda L. Fowler
Dartmouth College
R. Brian Law
University of California—Los Angeles
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, DC, September 1, 2005.
Abstract:
The declining fortunes of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), from
its heyday in the aftermath of World War II to its increasingly marginal role in the
contemporary Senate, offer insight into the interplay of external and internal factors in
generating institutional change. The paper demonstrates how asymmetrical presidential
power insures that the SFRC is unable to recoup lost influence and how party polarization
further weakens the commi
t
t
e
e
’
s
i
nt
e
r
na
l
a
nd
e
xt
er
na
l
pr
e
s
t
i
ge
.
Us
i
ng
OLS
a
nd
Poi
s
s
on
r
egr
e
s
s
i
on,
t
he
pa
pe
r
l
i
nks
t
he
SFRC’
s
de
c
l
i
ne
i
n
s
t
a
t
ur
e
f
r
om
1947-2002 to a mix of
gr
a
dua
l
c
ha
nge
s
i
n
t
he
c
ommi
t
t
e
e
’
s
j
ur
i
s
di
c
t
i
on,
s
hor
t
-term military shocks, and partisan
developments. Broadly speaking, t
he
pa
pe
r
’
s
f
oc
us
on
t
he
e
vol
ut
i
on
of
i
nf
or
ma
l
structures suggests that purposive control over institutional arrangements inside Congress
may be less than scholars typically assume.
We are indebted to scholars who generously shared data with us: William
Howell, Christopher Deering, and Charles Stewart. We also acknowledge the assistance
of Dartmouth students with data collection, bibliographic assistance and fruitful
discussion: Daniel Correa, Ashley Hannebrink, Jared Hyatt, Adam Shpeen and Matthew
Slaine. Finally, we thank several of our colleagues who provided sharp insights and
advice: Tim Groseclose, Michael Herron, and Anoop Sarbahi.
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