The Amendment in Legislative Strategy: Sophisticated Voting in the U.S. Congress

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Previous articleNext article No AccessArticlesThe Amendment in Legislative Strategy: Sophisticated Voting in the U.S. CongressJames M. Enelow and David H. KoehlerJames M. Enelow Search for more articles by this author and David H. Koehler Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 42, Number 2May, 1980 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2130466 Views: 18Total views on this site Citations: 28Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1980 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Andreas Kleiner, Benny Moldovanu The failure of a Nazi “killer” amendment, Public Choice 183, no.1-21-2 (Jul 2019): 133–149.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-019-00691-7Daniel B Magleby, Nathan W Monroe, Gregory Robinson Amendment Politics and Agenda Setting: A Theory with Evidence from the US House of Representatives1, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 34, no.11 (Jan 2018): 108–131.https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewx016Sarah Bütikofer, Simon Hug Strategic Behaviour in Parliament, The Journal of Legislative Studies 21, no.33 (Jan 2015): 295–322.https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2014.997988Bjørn Erik Rasch Insincere voting under the successive procedure, Public Choice 158, no.3-43-4 (Jan 2013): 499–511.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-012-0054-6Kenneth W. 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