1. Legislative Process
Suffolk University

2. Clerk (House/Senate) Relevant Comm Hearing Kill Pass
Schedule
Hearing
Kill
Pass
Approp/Ways & Means
No Action
Adverse
Pass
Pull
Floor
Floor
Floor
Wright, Chapter 3: Vermont Legislature

3. Clerk (House/Senate) Relevant Comm Hearing Pass Kill Ways & Means
Schedule
Pass
Kill
Ways & Means
Rules
Steer/Policy
Study
Kill
Pass
Adverse
Calendar
Pass
No Action
Floor
Floor
Floor
State Legislature

4. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature
Squire and Hamm, p. 102

5. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature
Squire and Hamm, p. 102
Indicators: Ability to 1) Appoint other Leaders; 2) Comm. Chairs; 3) Comm. Members; 4) Tenure Potential; 5) Control of Resources and Procedures.

6. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature
Case: Florida:
Speaker Can:
Appoint other Leaders
Appoint Comm. Chairs/Members
Controls Procedure
But, has
Limited Tenure
Limited Resources
Squire and Hamm, p. 102
Indicators: Ability to 1) Appoint other Leaders; 2) Comm. Chairs; 3) Comm. Members; 4) Tenure Potential; 5) Control of Resources and Procedures.

7. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature
Case: Hawaii:
Speaker Can:
Control Procedure
Has control of Tenure
But, has limited ability to
Appoint Comm. Chairs/Members
Limited Resources
Squire and Hamm, p. 102
Indicators: Ability to 1) Appoint other Leaders; 2) Comm. Chairs; 3) Comm. Members; 4) Tenure Potential; 5) Control of Resources and Procedures.

8. Committees: State Level

9. What Shapes Legislative Behavior?
Rules, Norms, Trends
Leadership
(White House)
Leadership
(I, $)
Institutionalism
Political Economy
Member
Inter. Grps/Lobbyists (I, $)
Business and Labor Interests (I, V, $)
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Voters
(I, V, $)
Pluralism

10. What Shapes Legislative Behavior?
Norms, Rules
Reelection
Leadership
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Voters
Interest Groups
Lobbyists

11. Legislative Goals? Responsive Knowledgeable Effective Institutional
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

12. How Lobbyists Exercise Infleunce
Provide Costly Info.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

13. How Lobbyists Exercise Influence
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

14. How Lobbyists Exercise Influence
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

15. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

16. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

17. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations

18. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations
How Professional the Legislature Is (Staffing, Salary).

19. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations
Level of Competition in the District or State.

20. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations
Levels of Partisanship in the District or State.

21. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations
State or District Culture.

22. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations
Industry in the District or State.

23. Factors that Influence the Power of Lobbyists
Provide Costly Info.
Model Leg.
Help Legislation Pass.
Responsive
Knowledgeable
Effective
Member
Institutional
Rational Choice
Preferences?
Pluralism
Number and Strength of Interest Groups
How well organized by formal and informal business and citizen groups are.
How active and Informed Voters are.
Voters
Interest Groups
Associations
Economic Condition of the District or State.

24. What Shapes Legislative Behavior?
Political Economy
Member
Business and Labor Interests (I, V, $)
Source:
John Berg
a. Autonomy of the state, economic determination in the last instance (Class trumps politics, policies…)

25. What Shapes Legislative Behavior?
Executive: Nat.
Rules, Norms, Trends
Leadership
(White House)
Leadership
(I, $)
Institutionalism
Executive: State
Member
Leadership
(Governor)
Sources:
Dodd and Oppenheimer; Sinclair; Green and Burns; Pearson and Schickler
a. Rise of a Powerful Speaker (1970s to Pelosi) and Special Rules
b. Influence of the Bush White House (Medicare Drug Benefit, Tax Cuts)
c. Trends: Polarization, Low Retire., Careerism, Partisan Redistricting (incumbency)
2. Sinclair; Lee, Wright
a. Trends/Norms: Rise of Individualist, Partisan Senate with weakened Leadership.
b. Rules: Deliberative process of Senate is making the Chamber Irrelevant
c. States: Personal Politics of Power and Comm. Assign., Variation in States (Speaker)

26. What Shapes Legislative Behavior?
Member
Inter. Grps/Lobbyists (I, $)
Source:
McDonough; Dodd and Opp
a. Normative v. Self-Interested
leadership
b. limits of the const. service,
governmental intervention;
c. which interests matter in a district;
who has access, faith in the
system, partisan basis of incumb.
Voters
(I, V, $)
Pluralism