** Tentative Schedule Listed below. If you have questions/comments/concerns, please send them to Ellie Powell eleanor.powell@wisc.edu.
Thursday, June 4th
10-10:30 Central Time Welcome Remarks & Introductions- Ellie Powell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:30-Noon Central Time. Panel 1: Parties, Inter-Branch Conflict, and Personal Relationships
Interbranch Warfare: Senate Amending Process and Restrictive House Rules
Tony Madonna (Georgia) and Ryan Williamson (Auburn)
The Role of Connections in Congressional Lawmaking
Haritz Garro (Northwestern)
Discussant 1: Steve Smith (WUSTL)
Discussant 2: Gisela Sin (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
11:45-1pm Central Time Lunch Break
1-2:30 Central Time Panel - Panel: Local Roots, Civil Rights, and Representation
Racial Diversity and Bill Sponsorship in the House of Representatives
Fred Gui (University of Rochester)
Members of Congress and their Local Roots in Historical Perspective.
Charles R. Hunt (Boise State)
Discussant 1: Bruce Oppenheimer (Vanderbilt)
Discussant 2: David Canon (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2:30-3:00 Central Time Break
3:00-5:00 Central Time Panel - Fraud, Waste and Distributive Spending
Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Good Governance or Partisan Rallying Cry?
Lindsey Cormack (Stevens Institute of Tech) and Health Brown (John Jay College)
Tying their hands: The earmarks ban, weaker party leadership, and congressional dysfunction
Laura Blessing (Georgetown University)
The Cost of Saying No: Experimental Evidence on Opposition to Distributive Spending
Travis Johnston (University of Massachusetts-Boston), Alexander G. Theodoridis (University of California, Merced) and Peter C. Hanson (Grinnell College)
Discussant 1: Charles Stewart (MIT)
Discussant 2: Greg Wawro (Columbia)
Friday, June 5th
10:00-11:30 Central Time Panel - Who Influences Members of Congress
Who talks to Congress? An exploration of witnesses’ ideologies, genders, races and affiliations
Angele Delevoye (Yale)
Expressive Participation and Constituent-Legislator Contact: Evidence from Congressional Papers
Rochelle Snyder (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Discussant 1: Eric Schickler (University of California- Berkeley)
Discussant 2: Miranda Yaver (UCLA)
11:30-1:00 Central Time Lunch Break
1-2:30 Central Time Panel: Interest Groups, Lobbying and Financial Legislation Over Time
Polarizing Pluralism: Congressional Partisan Competition and Interest Sorting in U.S. Politics
Jesse Crosson (Princeton University & Trinity University), Alexander Furnas (University of Michigan), and Geoffrey Lorenz (Nebraska),
Government Growth and State Interest Populations
James Strickland (ASU)
A Random-Walk Theory of Financial Legislation
Brian Feinstein (UPenn) and Peter Condi-Brown (UPenn)
Discussant 1: Ellie Powell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Discussant 2: Jason Roberts (UNC)
2:30-3:00 Central Time Break
3:00-4:30 Central Time Panel - Panel: Congressional Elections and Electoral Incentives
No Experience Required: Early Donations and Amateur Candidate Success in Primary Elections
Rachel Porter (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Tyler Steelman (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Senate Delegations and Geographic Representation in the Early Senate
Joel Sievert (Texas Tech)
Quitting Congress: Congressional Retirements Over Time
Joshua Brendon Koss (Michigan State)
Discussant 1: Barry Burden - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant 2: Wendy Schiller (Brown University)
10-10:30 Central Time Welcome Remarks & Introductions- Ellie Powell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:30-Noon Central Time. Panel 1: Parties, Inter-Branch Conflict, and Personal Relationships
Interbranch Warfare: Senate Amending Process and Restrictive House Rules
Tony Madonna (Georgia) and Ryan Williamson (Auburn)
The Role of Connections in Congressional Lawmaking
Haritz Garro (Northwestern)
Discussant 1: Steve Smith (WUSTL)
Discussant 2: Gisela Sin (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
11:45-1pm Central Time Lunch Break
1-2:30 Central Time Panel - Panel: Local Roots, Civil Rights, and Representation
Racial Diversity and Bill Sponsorship in the House of Representatives
Fred Gui (University of Rochester)
Members of Congress and their Local Roots in Historical Perspective.
Charles R. Hunt (Boise State)
Discussant 1: Bruce Oppenheimer (Vanderbilt)
Discussant 2: David Canon (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2:30-3:00 Central Time Break
3:00-5:00 Central Time Panel - Fraud, Waste and Distributive Spending
Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Good Governance or Partisan Rallying Cry?
Lindsey Cormack (Stevens Institute of Tech) and Health Brown (John Jay College)
Tying their hands: The earmarks ban, weaker party leadership, and congressional dysfunction
Laura Blessing (Georgetown University)
The Cost of Saying No: Experimental Evidence on Opposition to Distributive Spending
Travis Johnston (University of Massachusetts-Boston), Alexander G. Theodoridis (University of California, Merced) and Peter C. Hanson (Grinnell College)
Discussant 1: Charles Stewart (MIT)
Discussant 2: Greg Wawro (Columbia)
Friday, June 5th
10:00-11:30 Central Time Panel - Who Influences Members of Congress
Who talks to Congress? An exploration of witnesses’ ideologies, genders, races and affiliations
Angele Delevoye (Yale)
Expressive Participation and Constituent-Legislator Contact: Evidence from Congressional Papers
Rochelle Snyder (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Discussant 1: Eric Schickler (University of California- Berkeley)
Discussant 2: Miranda Yaver (UCLA)
11:30-1:00 Central Time Lunch Break
1-2:30 Central Time Panel: Interest Groups, Lobbying and Financial Legislation Over Time
Polarizing Pluralism: Congressional Partisan Competition and Interest Sorting in U.S. Politics
Jesse Crosson (Princeton University & Trinity University), Alexander Furnas (University of Michigan), and Geoffrey Lorenz (Nebraska),
Government Growth and State Interest Populations
James Strickland (ASU)
A Random-Walk Theory of Financial Legislation
Brian Feinstein (UPenn) and Peter Condi-Brown (UPenn)
Discussant 1: Ellie Powell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Discussant 2: Jason Roberts (UNC)
2:30-3:00 Central Time Break
3:00-4:30 Central Time Panel - Panel: Congressional Elections and Electoral Incentives
No Experience Required: Early Donations and Amateur Candidate Success in Primary Elections
Rachel Porter (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Tyler Steelman (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Senate Delegations and Geographic Representation in the Early Senate
Joel Sievert (Texas Tech)
Quitting Congress: Congressional Retirements Over Time
Joshua Brendon Koss (Michigan State)
Discussant 1: Barry Burden - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant 2: Wendy Schiller (Brown University)