![]() This paper, on the other hand, focuses on another important actor in American foreign and domestic policy: The United States Congress. ![]() Due to its significant impact on foreign policy formation, the Presidency received a lot of scholarly attention. These results provide support for party cartel theory, demonstrating further evidence of how parties matter in modern democracies.Īlthough there has been a voluminous literature on American foreign policy and its effect on several regions, research on American domestic politics has been relatively scarce. I find lower levels of ideological consistency and party discipline among members for whom the party leadership offers the least-those leaving elective office. I find that party influence is magnified on the procedural, rather than final-passage, voting record which is precisely where procedural cartel theory predicts. The results demonstrate that party influence is present in these legislatures. I argue that term-limited legislators (who are not seeking elective office) are no longer susceptible to party pressure, making them the perfect means to determine the existence of party influence. ![]() I assess party influence through comparison of term-limited and nonterm-limited legislators. This research tests predictions from the party cartel theory in five state legislatures. Procedural cartel theory states that the majority party exerts influence over legislative outcomes through agenda control.
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