The U.S. House does not currently have an elected Speaker. One week ago, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed, as the motion to vacate (MTV) the speakership — offered by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) — was adopted. All voting Democrats and eight Republicans voted to vacate, the first time in House history the MTV has … Continue reading Intraparty Nomination Battles for Speaker
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Hello, Sometimes we make some mistakes when posting to Broadstreet with WordPress. The post on the Broadstreet blog is correct today -- it shows Tommaso Pavone as the author of the post Law and Political Development: Insights from the European Union. But when the post is delivered directly into people's email boxes, it shows the … Continue reading Mistake: Tommaso Pavone is the author of the Law and Political Development post
Hello, Sometimes we make some mistakes when posting to Broadstreet with WordPress. The post on the Broadstreet blog is correct today -- it shows Tommaso Pavone as the author of the post Law and Political Development: Insights from the European Union. But when the post is delivered directly into people's email boxes, it shows the … Continue reading Mistake: Tommaso Pavone is the author of the Law and Political Development post
By Jeffery A. Jenkins and Charles Stewart III We now have six speakership ballots, over two days, in the books. And we’re no closer to electing a Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress. This is our third post (the other two being here and here) on the subject, based on our analysis of contentious … Continue reading Back to the Future, Day 3
By Jeffery A. Jenkins and Charles Stewart III Yesterday, we provided some thoughts before the speakership balloting to the 118th Congress took place. It turned out to go more than one ballot — three ballots, in fact — something we’ve not seen in a century. Here are some thoughts about what has occurred and what is likely to … Continue reading Back to the Future, Day 2
By Jeffery A. Jenkins and Charles Stewart III The House of Representatives votes to elect its Speaker today—or, at least, that’s the plan. The problem is that the ostensible favorite, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), has yet to line up a majority of the House to win the position. Five conservative Republicans have announced their opposition … Continue reading Back to the Future? Battling Over the Speakership on the House Floor
The observation that presidents dominate US foreign policy is hardly novel. Around the world, executives generally have informational advantages in international affairs that translate into foreign policy autonomy (Baum and Potter 2015). Political institutions and practices make this doubly true in the United States. Indeed, presidential dominance in foreign policy is so widely accepted that … Continue reading The Direct Election of Senators and the Emergence of the Modern Presidency
It's that time of year again! The academic job market has begun. Broadstreet is taking this opportunity to highlight some job market papers by scholars working in historical political economy. We did a call on Twitter to ask for submissions, and we have listed them in random order below. These papers feature micro-level data collection, … Continue reading Some HPE job-market candidates!
It's a bit of a slow start to the week here at Broadstreet. Fear not though -- we have two great guest posts coming later this week! To tide you over until Wednesday and Friday, though, today's post will focus on providing you with some recent HPE videos. First, here is the Slavery and Its … Continue reading Some HPE videos!