Symposium: How Congress Really Works

How Congress Really Works
March 27, 2015

Sponsored by the Betty Glad Memorial Fund in the Political Science Department, University of Utah

Symposium Director
James M. Curry, Department of Political Science, University of Utah
Contact: james.curry@utah.edu

Events

Public Forum: "How Congress Really Works"
(Co-hosted with the Hinckley Institute of Politics)
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall
Featuring:

• • James Curry, University of Utah
  • Laurel Harbridge, Northwestern University
  • John Wilkerson, University of Washington
  • Greg Koger, University of Miami
  • Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota

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Academic Panels

Jewel Box, Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building 

Panel 1: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

• • Laurel Harbridge, Northwestern University "How Partisan Conflict is Better and Worse than Legislative Compromise"
  • Greg Koger, University of Miami "Representation, Gun Control, and the Senate: Why Background Checks Failed"
  • Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota "Gendered Partisanship: Congresswomen and the Pursuit of Power in a Polarized Era"

Discussant:
James Curry, University of Utah

Panel 2: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

• • James Curry, University of Utah "Legislative Deadlines and Partisan Blame Politics in Congress"
  • John Wilkerson, University of Washington "Tracing the Flow of Policy Ideas in Legislatures: A Text Reuse Approach"
  • Damon Cann, Utah State University & Jeremy Pope, Brigham Young University "A Computational Model of Conditional Party Government"

Discussants:
Michael Barber, Brigham Young University
Joseph P. Wantz III, University of Utah