Explaining energy votes in the Ninety-Fourth Congress
Currently the United States is undergoing an energy crisis which many observers feel signals the eclispse of this nation's ability to meet its exponentially increasing demand for energy. The absence of an explicit, comprehensive plan to deal with this problem has caused many Americans concern and has stimulated the curiosity of various students of Congress. Emotions are heightened when an administration's comparatively mild energy plan is introduced in the Congress only to emergy almost a year later a skeleton of its original self, devoid of its most potential features. This study investigates why members of Congress vote the way they do on energy legislation. The roll-call votes in the House of Representatives from the Ninety-fourth Congress are examined. Five factors are described namely: regionalism, state interests, the nature of individual constituencies, party, and ideology; influence voting in the House from these the variables tested in this analysis are drawn. The research design used is then detailed and, finally, results are presented and discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Center for Energy Studies
- OSTI ID:
- 6275604
- Report Number(s):
- UT/CES-PS-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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