11th Annual Congress and History Conference Schedule

University of Georgia, May 24-25th, 2012 -- Georgia Center for Continuing Education

Wednesday, May 23rd

7:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner -- Location: Georgia Center (Room K/L)

Thursday, May 24th

9:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks -- Location: Georgia Center (Room K/L)

9:15-10:30 a.m. Panel 1 – The Institutional Impact of Electoral Change in Congress (Room K/L)

Chair: Greg Koger (University of Miami)

Forcing Their Hands? Explaining Trends in Retirement Announcement Timing in the U.S. Congress by David Karol (University of Maryland)

Building a Record: Amending Activity, Position Taking, and the Seventeenth Amendment by Jamie Carson, Tony Madonna, Mark Owens, and Joel Sievert (University of Georgia)

Discussants: Greg Koger (University of Miami) and Tim Nokken (Texas Tech University)

10:45-12:00 p.m. Panel 2 – Institutional Change in the Nineteenth Century Congress (Room K/L)

Chair: Charles Stewart III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The Effects of the Reed Rules on House Agenda Setting by Chris Den Hartog (Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo)

A Familiar Target: Reforming the Appropriations Process in Congress by Craig Goodman (Texas Tech University)

Discussants: Greg Wawro (Columbia University) and Charles Stewart III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

12:00-1:10 p.m. Lunch (Magnolia Ballroom)

1:15-2:30 p.m. Panel 3 – Political Development in the U.S. Senate (Room K/L)

Chair: Wendy Schiller (Brown University)

From Political Pathways to Senate Folkways: Electoral Reform and Careerism in the U.S. Senate, 1868-1944 by Scott MacKenzie (University of California-Davis)

Holding Up the Senate: Bob Dole and the Politics of Holds in the U.S. Senate by Nick Howard and Jason Roberts (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Discussants: Wendy Schiller (Brown University) and Tony Madonna (University of Georgia)

2:45-4:00 p.m. Panel 4 – The Politics of Agenda Setting in Congress (Room K/L)

Chair: Michael Crespin (University of Georgia)

Negative Agenda Control and the Conservative Coalition in the House by Jeff Jenkins (University of Virginia) and Nate Monroe (University of California-Merced)

The Centralization of Agenda-Setting in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1875-1895 by Greg Koger (University of Miami)

Discussants: Michael Crespin (University of Georgia) and Jason Roberts (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

4:15-5:30 p.m. Roundtable: Erosion of Procedural Norms in Congress (Room K/L)

Chair: Frances Lee (University of Maryland)
Participants: Michael Crespin (University of Georgia), Nolan McCarty (Princeton University), Eric Schickler (University of California-Berkeley), and Steve Smith (Washington University in St. Louis)

7:00 p.m. Dinner -- Trump's Ballroom on Milledge, 2026 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30605

Friday, May 25th

9:00-10:15 a.m. Panel 5 – Congressional Development in the Post-World War II Era -- Georgia Center (Room K/L)

Chair: Scott Ainsworth (University of Georgia)

Congressmen in Exile: the Politics and Consequences of Involuntary Committee Reassignments by Justin Grimmer (Stanford University) and Ellie Powell (Yale University)

Reclaiming Power: An Analysis of Congressional Reassertion in the Modern Era, 1947-2002 by Justin Peck (University of Virginia)

Discussants: Scott Ainsworth (University of Georgia) and Michael Lynch (University of Kansas)

10:30-11:45 a.m. Panel 6 – Parties and Partisan Strategies in Legislative Politics (Room K/L)

Chair: Randy Strahan (Emory University)

Initial Policy Breakthroughs: Congressional Action on Civil Rights, 1951-1960 by Jeff Jenkins (University of Virginia)

Intra-Party Organization and the Development of the Progressive Insurgency, 1908-1910 by Ruth Rubin (University of California-Berkeley)

Discussants: Keith Poole (University of Georgia) and Randy Strahan (Emory University)

11:45-12:45 p.m. Lunch (Magnolia Ballroom)

1:00-2:00 p.m. Roundtable: Archival Research in Political Science -- Richard B. Russell Library (2nd Floor Auditorium)

Discussion of Sean Kelly and Scott Frisch’s new book, Doing Archival Research in Political Science

Facilitator: Kenneth Kato (Associate Historian, Office of the House Historian, U.S. House of Representatives)
Panel Members: Scott A. Frisch (California State University Channel Islands), Douglas B. Harris (Loyola University Maryland), Sean Q. Kelly (California State University Channel Islands), and David C. W. Parker (Montana State University)

2:00-2:15 p.m. Break - Great Hall

2:15-4:00 p.m. Research at the Centers (Russell Library, 2nd Floor Auditorium)

This session will explore the diverse types of materials housed in political collections and highlight the tools available for locating and using archival collections.

Panel Members: Betsy Pittman (Curator of Political Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries) and Dorothy Walker (Associate Director, South Carolina Political Collections, University of South Carolina)

4:00-4:15 p.m. Break - Great Hall

4:14-5:45 p.m. Reflection on Changes in Congress from Former Members (Russell Library, 2nd Floor Auditorium)

Two former Members of Congress share perspectives on changes in Congress and on efforts to help college students learn about the legislative branch through the Congress to Campaign program. They will also share lessons learned from the handling of their official papers and reflect on the importance of congressional papers to historians.

Facilitator: William "Brother" Rogers (Stennis Center for Public Service)
Panel Members: Representative Martin Lancaster (North Carolina, 1987-1995) and Representative Matt McHugh (New York, 1975-1992)

6:30 p.m. ACSC and Congress and History Reception (Russell Library - 2nd Floor, Great Hall)

Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres

7:00 p.m. Dinner - (Russell Library - 2nd Floor, Great Hall)

The Congress & History Conference at the University of Georgia is supported by the Department of Political Science in the School of Public and International Affairs and Keith T. Poole, the Philip H. Alston Jr. Distinguished Chair of Political Science.