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THE CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION. How the Senate and President Affect the Balance of Power in the House
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Do the President or the Senate affect the balance of power in the House? We answer “Yes.” We base our answer on a non-cooperative, multi-stage, and multi-dimensional game-theoretic model that shows how constitutional requirements to build lawmaking coalitions with the Senate and President affect bargaining dynamics in the House. We use the model to prove that shifting the ideal point of a single non-House actor, while holding constant the ideal point of all House members, can radically alter the balance of power within the House. We also provide a different explanation of why preference outliers hold privileged positions in the House. In sum, constitutional requirements to bargain with non-House actors can induce House members to make different organizational decisions than they would if they were, as commonly represented, an isolated entity that is unaware of other chambers or branches of government.
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| | Authors: Sin, Gisela. and Lupia, Arthur. |
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Abstract
Do the President or the Senate affect the balance of power in the House? We answer
“Yes.” We base our answer on a non-cooperative, multi-stage, and multi-dimensional
game-theoretic model that shows how constitutional requirements to build lawmaking
coalitions with the Senate and President affect bargaining dynamics in the House. We use
the model to prove that shifting the ideal point of a single non-House actor, while holding
constant the ideal point of all House members, can radically alter the balance of power
within the House. We also provide a different explanation of why preference outliers hold
privileged positions in the House. In sum, constitutional requirements to bargain with
non-House actors can induce House members to make different organizational decisions
than they would if they were, as commonly represented, an isolated entity that is unaware
of other chambers or branches of government.
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