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Do Committees Lead To Better-Informed Legislative Voting?

Do Committees Lead To Better-Informed Legislative Voting?

Update: 2024-08-14
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In a recent paper by Washington University political scientist Michael Olson, he documents a very strange phenomenon. It seems that when legislators join committees, they’re voting record becomes less aligned with their constituents’ political preferences. The question is…why?

Could it be that being on a committee means they’re just better informed about what good policy really would be, or could it be that they’re nefariously colluding with their colleagues? We explore all these possibilities and more on this episode.

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Do Committees Lead To Better-Informed Legislative Voting?

Do Committees Lead To Better-Informed Legislative Voting?

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