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James M. Curry ; Frances E. Lee
The Limits of Party
Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era
Reeks: Chicago Studies in American Politics
James M. Curry ; Frances E. Lee
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To
many
observers,
Congress
has
become
a
deeply
partisan
institution
where
ideologically-distinct
political
parties
do
little
more
than
engage
in
legislative
trench
warfare.
A
zero-sum,
winner-take-all
approach
to
congressional
politics
has
replaced
the
bipartisan
comity
of
past
eras.
If
the
parties
cannot
get
everything
they
want
in
national
policymaking,
then
they
prefer
gridlock
and
stalemate
to
compromise.
Or,
at
least,
that
is
the
conventional
wisdom.In
The
Limits
of
Party,
James
M.
Curry
and
Frances
E.
Lee
challenge
this
conventional
wisdom.
By
constructing
legislative
histories
of
congressional
majority
parties’
attempts
to
enact
their
policy
agendas
in
every
congress
since
the
1980s
and
by
drawing
on
interviews
with
Washington
insiders,
the
authors
analyze
the
successes
and
failures
of
congressional
parties
to
enact
their
legislative
agendas. ? Their
conclusions
will
surprise
many
congressional
observers:
Even
in
our
time
of
intense
party
polarization,
bipartisanship
remains
the
key
to
legislative
success
on
Capitol
Hill.
Congressional
majority
parties
today
are
neither
more
nor
less
successful
at
enacting
their
partisan
agendas.
They
are
not
more
likely
to
ram
though
partisan
laws
or
become
mired
in
stalemate.
Rather,
the
parties
continue
to
build
bipartisan
coalitions
for
their
legislative
priorities
and
typically
compromise
on
their
original
visions
for
legislation
in
order
to
achieve
legislative success.
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