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Legislative Measures and Legislators' Motives

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023
This review of Wojciech Sadurski’s Constitutional Public Reason explores the relationship between the legislative measures voted on by legislators and their motivations for so voting. The relationship between such measures and motivations is examined by reference to GEM Anscombe’s famous ...
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Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986
On May 2, 1878, the House Commerce Committee favorably reported a bill "to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit unjust discrimination by common carriers." Known as the Reagan bill, after the chairman, John Reagan, of Texas, H.R. 3547 outlawed rebates and other forms of discrimination and included a restrictive longand short-haul clause.
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Legislative Response to Direct Legislation

2001
Current scholarly knowledge suggests that direct legislation affects policy making in various ways.1 One way is directly, when voters pass laws by initiative or referendum. A second way is indirectly, when legislators or other policy-makers respond to the threat of, or act in anticipation of, initiatives or referendums.
Elisabeth R. Gerber, Simon Hug
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Legislative Productivity of Elderly Legislators

Polity, 1980
Most research on the political interests and activities of the elderly has centered on their role as voters. Their participation, interest, and political commitment has been shown to be greater than that of most younger voters.1 Studies of party affiliation and of attitudes toward public issues suggest greater conservatism among older citizens ...
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