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In legislatures that consider hundreds or thousands of bills every legislative session, the credibility of a bill's author can be vital to achieving success. Typically, scholars of legislative politics think about such credibility through the lens of committee specialization, since the norm of specialization is crafted for that very purpose and is a near-universal trait of legislatures. Legislators, however, pursue individual legislative agendas driven by personal considerations (Burden 2007) and not all of one's legislative agenda overlaps with one's committee service (Swift 2020). Moreover, specialization isn't fully developed on the first day of legislative service, but expertise derived from a legislator's professional background can convey a form of "instant credibility" that merits study in understanding legislative outcomes. Several recent studies in Congress have highlighted the importance of occupational background, with respect to both shaping policy agendas (Carnes 2012) and bill introductions (Miler 2017) and influencing the success of individual legislators (Francis and Bramlett 2017). Volden and Wiseman (2014, 168) also link background to legislative effectiveness, co

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Author

Todd Makse

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences