TY  - GEN
AU  - Harbridge, Laurel
TI  - Is bipartisanship dead?: : policy agreement and agenda-setting in the House of Representatives
SN  - 9781107439283
U1  - 328.73072 
PY  - 2015///
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Cooperation
KW  - United States
N1  - Include References and Index
N2  - Is Bipartisanship Dead? looks beyond (and considers the time before) roll call voting to examine the extent to which bipartisan agreement in the House of Representatives has declined since the 1970s. Despite voting coalitions showing a decline in bipartisan agreement between 1973 and 2004, member's bill cosponsorship coalitions show a more stable level of bipartisanship. The declining bipartisanship over time in roll call voting reflects a shift in how party leaders structure the floor and roll call agendas. Party leaders in the House changed from prioritizing legislation with bipartisan agreement in the 1970s to prioritizing legislation with partisan disagreement by the 1990s. Laurel Harbridge argues that this shift reflects a changing political environment and an effort by leaders to balance members' electoral interests, governance goals, and partisan differentiation. The findings speak to questions of representation and governance. They also shed light on whether partisan conflict is insurmountable and whether bipartisanship in congressional politics is dead
ER  -