Legislative Staff Services: Toxin, Specific, or Placebo for the Legislature's Ills

Meller, Norman

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“…La evidencia empírica de Japón entre 1948 y 1956 y del Estado de Hawaii entre 1937 y 1955 muestra que la ampliación del personal general del Congreso encargado de redactar leyes en forma objetiva y sin vínculos personales con los legisladores provocó un fuerte aumento en el número de leyes aprobadas por año, porque "el aumento de personal alentó a los parlamentarios a pedir más proyectos" (Meller, 1967). No sabemos si ello redundó en más legislación necesaria y de mayor calidad o en una masa mayor de regulaciones innecesarias que en conjunto frenan el desarrollo económico y social.…”

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¿Cómo fortalecer la labor legislativa del Congreso? Propuesta para un nuevo sistema de asesoría parlamentaria

Prieto

Velasco

2009

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los formulados por Rodrigo Álvarez, presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, y por Alfredo Joignant en seminario realizado recientemente en el CEP.En este trabajo se proponen medidas para fortalecer la labor legislativa en Chile, con el fin de mejorar la calidad de las leyes y prestigiar la actividad política. Estas medidas persiguen, a la vez, evitar el desvío de recursos de asesoría legislativa hacia el trabajo distrital que realizan los parlamentarios, como también buscan evitar que los grupos de presión capturen la lealtad de asesores legislativos clave. Se propone crear un sistema nuevo de asesoría interna radicado en cada uno de los comités (bancadas), con un total de noventa nuevos asesores.

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¿Cómo fortalecer la labor legislativa del Congreso? Propuesta para un nuevo sistema de asesoría parlamentaria

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Velasco

2009

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“…These reformist movements are starting to alter the institutional-structural factors affecting initiation, primarily by democratizing committees and dispersing power. 36 In short, even if the House retains its traditional norms and spends more time on overseeing, it is reasonable to expect more initiating activity from the lower chamber and thus from Congress as a whole. Committees have, and were encouraged by the 1970 act to seek, much larger temporary staffs via special authorizations.…”

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The President Proposes and Congress Disposes—But Not Always: Legislative Initiative on Capitol Hill

Johannes¹

1974

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Recurring and fundamental questions about policy-making in the United States focus on Congress' ability to initiate legislation. Does Congress lead? How and when? Are conditions changing to enhance or inhibit congressional initiative?Nearly all commentators on the legislative process see the president's leadership as natural. But many have argued that he has become the dominant or even exclusive initiator of major legislation. House Republican Leader John Rhodes recently wrote that “Congress has served as little more than a glorified echo chamber for the Executive Branch of government—usually content to approve or disaprove [sic], rarely willing to initiate.” Former Senator Mike Monroney asked, “Is Congress still capable of initiating and enacting its own legislative program?”

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“…Norman Meller, of the University of Hawaii, detects a risk that 'The indiscriminate augmentation of personal staff could well lead to the institutionalizing of the legislator, and eventually to each legislator becoming the captive of his own staff.' 12 I am not sure how one could tell when such a situation had been reached. My own guess would be that no private Member in this country has yet appointed so many people to his or her own staff that the risk is anything less than remote.…”

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Gould²

1977

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Legislative Staff Services: Toxin, Specific, or Placebo for the Legislature's Ills

Cited by 9 publications

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¿Cómo fortalecer la labor legislativa del Congreso? Propuesta para un nuevo sistema de asesoría parlamentaria

¿Cómo fortalecer la labor legislativa del Congreso? Propuesta para un nuevo sistema de asesoría parlamentaria

The President Proposes and Congress Disposes—But Not Always: Legislative Initiative on Capitol Hill

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