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Theriault, Sean. "Lawmaking in the Modern Congress: Getting on the Legislative Agenda" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65768_index.html>

Theriault, S. M. , 2002-08-28 "Lawmaking in the Modern Congress: Getting on the Legislative Agenda" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65768_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: How does an issue get on the legislative agenda? Political scientists - those studying both Congress and agenda setting - provide a variety of explanations. Though the analyses above from political scientists are insightful, and frequently theoretically and empirically interesting, no study yet has conclusively matched data with theory. Through an examination of 1015 bills over 27 congresses (80th to the 106th), from the presidential administration of Truman (1947) to Clinton (2000), this study takes on that daunting and Herculean task. Three findings stand out. First, almost three-fifths (58.6 percent) of the items on the legislative agenda are exogenous to the legislative process; that is, presidents and Congress are directly responsible for less than half of all the issues on the legislative agenda. Second, divided government suppresses the president's role in formulating the agenda and accentuates the role of individual members of Congress. Third, congressional initiatives are less than half as likely to become law as any other agenda-causing agent.

The President`s Domestic Agenda, Divided Government and the Impact on the Public Agenda

Presidents Don't Own Issues: The Allocation of Presidential Policy Attention Across Presidential Policy Instruments