Advice and Consent: Senate Responses to Executive Branch Nominations 1885- 1996

McCarty, Nolan; Razaghian, Rose

doi:10.2307/2991820

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“…Whereas a president is expected to enjoy less power and influence over the Senate during an election year, presidents typically enjoy more influence during their honeymoon year than later in their term (McCarty and Razaghian 1999). Therefore, there may be an expected decrease in the likelihood of outsider testimony in hearings during the honeymoon year than during other points in the president's term due to an increase in presidential power.…”

Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Outsider Participation and Influence in Judicial Confirmation Hearings, 1979-2004

Holmes¹

2007

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In this paper outsider participation in confirmation hearings for U.S. Court of Appeals nominees from 1979 to 2004 is examined. Findings indicate that outsider testimony has been absent since 1995, and that the factors that determined whether or not outsiders testified prior to 1995 do not account for the elimination of outsider testimony in recent years. Outsiders continue to be involved in the confirmation process through the low-cost activity of submitting materials to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the hearing record. When such materials are submitted—whether in support of or in opposition to confirmation—the nominee is less likely to be confirmed. Even with the recent elimination of hearing testimony as an avenue for outsider involvement in the confirmation process, interested outsiders continue to influence confirmation prospects through the use of a low-cost, formal lobbying activity.

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Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Outsider Participation and Influence in Judicial Confirmation Hearings, 1979-2004

Holmes¹

2007

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“…Presidents, in this view, pursue policy control above all else, strategies Moe reduces to two guiding propositions: presidents centralize policy decision making and politicize analytical and administrative resources. Two decades later the analysis serves as departure point for a substantial and growing body of scholarship (Dickinson 1996;Mayer 2001;McCarty and Razaghian 1999;Moe and Howell 1999;Ponder 2000;Rudalevige 2002;Weko 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

Why PART? The Institutional Politics of Presidential Budget Reform

Dull

2006

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

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“…However, the evidence supporting this contention is mixed. Some scholars have uncovered evidence that divided government is a significant component of executive branch and appeals courts confirmation delay (Binder & Maltzman, 2002;McCarty & Razaghian, 1999). Others have rejected divided government as a significant component of delay for nomination referrals from the Judiciary Committee (Allison, 1996;Hartley & Holmes, 1997) or for appointment delay for the FCC (Nixon, 2001).…”

Section: Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%