Legislative Goals and Information Use
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Politics Quarterly
- Vol. 9 (1) , 103-110
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673x8100900106
Abstract
This study examines the use of analytical information by major House committees. The committees are differentiated according to Fenno's classification of members' legislative goals-reelection, making good public policy, or influence in the House. The study demonstrates that policy committees are more likely to use analytical information than the other committee types. This suggests that legislators' goal orientations are an important determinant of information use.Keywords
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