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Book SynopsisAlthough the US Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received little scholarly attention. This volume documents the changes in intercameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades.
Trade ReviewThis book brings to the forefront an important—yet significantly understudied—issue in legislative decision making: post passage politics. This book offers the most comprehensive investigation of that topic to date, and the authors' arguments provide a creative and insightful explanation for how and why policy changes after initial passage."" - Nathan Monroe, University of California, Merced
""A comprehensive look at a timely and important topic in Congress…makes a substantial contribution both by linking the conference committee changes carefully to broad patterns in congressional politics and by bringing new data to bear on the causes and consequences of the changes."" - Scott Meinke, Bucknell University
