1. Legislative Process GOVT 747: Legislation and Lobbying Spring 2009

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

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

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

5. 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. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature

6. 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. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature Case: Florida: Speaker Can: 1.Appoint other Leaders 2.Appoint Comm. Chairs/Members 3.Controls Procedure But, has 1.Limited Tenure 2.Limited Resources

7. 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. Power of House Speakers: US State Legislature Case: Hawaii: Speaker Can: 1.Control Procedure 2.Has control of Tenure But, has limited ability to 1.Appoint Comm. Chairs/Members 2.Limited Resources

8. Committees: State Level

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

10. What Shapes Legislative Behavior? Business and Labor Interests (I, V, $) Member Political Economy Source: 1.John Berg a. Autonomy of the state, economic determination in the last instance (Class trumps politics, policies…)

11. What Shapes Legislative Behavior? Leadership (I, $) Leadership (I, $) Institutionalism Member Rules, Norms, Trends Sources: 1.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 2002-2006 (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) Leadership (White House) Leadership (White House) Executive: Nat. Leadership (Governor) Leadership (Governor) Executive: State

12. What Shapes Legislative Behavior? Inter. Grps/Lobbyists (I, $) Voters (I, V, $) Voters (I, V, $) Pluralism Member Source: 1.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.