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Explaining White House Chief of Staff Departures
As Pete Rouse assumed the mantle of the “2nd most powerful person in the US” I grew interested in the institutional factors that predict White House Chief… Read More
Tom Brokaw and Political Science
On today’s The Today Show, Tom Brokaw shared his experiences as a political science undergraduate at The University of South Dakota. In particular, Brokaw recalled the influence one political science… Read More
Financial Independence and Roll-Call Behavior
Yesterday, The Monkey Cage posted this article exploring the relationship between lawmakers’ personal wealth and their preference regarding the estate tax. Based on their analysis of the 109th… Read More
The “Constitutional Option”: Beating an Already Dead Horse
There is an increasing amount of confusion about what exactly the constitutional option is, and further, how often it’s invoked to enact rules changes. It’s gained recent momentum as a result… Read More
The Likelihood of “Repealing Health Care”
The subject of “repealing” the health care reform package is of considerable importance for political scientists, pundits and lawmakers, both as a political issue and for the next congressional session. … Read More