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Ilderton, Nathan. "Party Polarization and the Legislative Productivity of Congress" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p279265_index.html>

Ilderton, N. A. , 2008-08-28 "Party Polarization and the Legislative Productivity of Congress" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p279265_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Studies of party polarization in Congress have primarily concentrated on analyzing the sources of polarization, but have rarely examined its consequences for the operation of Congress. This paper takes a step toward remedying this oversight by exploring polarization’s effect on legislative productivity since World War II. Though research on legislative gridlock has given some hints of the recent polarization’s effect on legislative productivity, more work in this area is needed. This paper will examine the influence of polarization on overall legislative productivity and on the passage of bills through the entire legislative process and in House of Representatives and the Senate. Empirical analysis showed that though divided government is of prime importance to the overall passage of legislation, polarization affected the functioning of the individual chambers. Increased polarization in the House lead to an overall increase of the passage rate of bills before the House while polarization lead to a decrease in the passage rate in the Senate. This finding once again highlights how the differences in the institutional arrangements of the chambers can lead to different reactions to changes in the political environment. The study used a time series model utilizing data from 1947 through 2000 to reach its conclusions.

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