Abstract
Some researchers claim that different issues are dominated by different congressional voting patterns. Others argue that a single ideological dimension is sufficient to characterize votes on most issues. This analysis compares foreign and domestic policy votes in the U.S. Senate. The results show that the determinants of Senate voting behavior are very similar for both foreign and domestic policy issues. Ideology has strong direct and indirect effects, constituent influence plays a secondary, more indirect role, and partisanship is a minor influence for issues of domestic policy only. Overall, the expectations of the unidimensional, ideological model of congressional behavior are borne out, while pluralist explanations receive little support.
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