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8/29-9/1/2013
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition
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CSG Trends in Legislative Party Control: 1989-2009
: Table of partisan majority in each house of each state legislature from 1989-2009
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: Easy to recognize trends
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StateScape Legislative Monitoring
: Reporting on all fifty states' legislative and regulatory activity, along with links to customized reports
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: Issue analysis and coverage; not a free service, but free demos available
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Women in State Legislatures (NCSL)
: Number of female legislators 2005-2009
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: Includes state legislators, U.S. House members, and U.S. Senators
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Recent Scholarship
Committee Specialization in the U.S. State Legislatures During the 20th Century: Do Legislatures Tap the Talents of their Members?
: Hamm, Keith E.; Hedlund, Ronald D, and Shirley Post, Stephanie (State Politics and Policy Quarterly), 2011
Summary
: Investigates the informational committee theory with new complex measures to determine to what extent committee assignments are used to enhance committee expertise
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