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Monday, March 7, 2022

Congress and the Art of the Political Deal

 

Conditions for Deliberative Negotiation (Lawrence, p. 14)

  • Acceptable sources of information
  • Repeated interactions 
  • Penalty defaults (debt ceiling)
  • Privacy


Sanders and McCain find a deal

Bernie Sanders and John McCain

Policy Windows and  The Issue-Attention Cycle


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Public Lands Case Study


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A couple of quotations about Congress and life in general:
  • "At some point somebody has to decide, let's do it the old-fashioned way, which is `one thing I hate for one thing I love.'" (Lawrence, p. 39)
  • "Here's a list of what we have to have. Here's a list of the ones we really, really hate. Here's a list of `if you put this language on page 4 we could swallow it.' And then you work that list." (Lawrence, pp. 40-41).





    The 2014 farm bill and the "dairy cliff" penalty default (Lawrence, p. 51)

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