Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research
Article Title
Conceptualizing Congressional Organization: The Legacy of Keith Krehbiel’s Informational Theory
Abstract
A small-scale replication of Keith Krehbiel’s original test on the 99th Congress is carried out in this paper. This replication consists of four committees in the 112th Congress selected because of their symptomatic distributive tendency. The aim in this paper is to characterize committees as diverse in composition with heterogeneous high demanding members who possess different bits of information. Furthermore, this heterogeneity of membership is associated with a higher percentage of closed rules assigned to the committee by the House Committee on Rules. Though evidence supports Krehbiel’s assessment of committee composition, there does not appear to be a relationship between membership heterogeneity on committees and the number of closed rules it is granted.
Recommended Citation
Browning-Perry, Madalyn (2016) "Conceptualizing Congressional Organization: The Legacy of Keith Krehbiel’s Informational Theory," Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 21Available at: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/respublica/vol21/iss1/11