변형적 입법과정의 확대와 미국 정당정치

• 영문명: Increase in Unorthodox Lawmaking and American Party Politics
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: 임성호 (Seong-Ho Lim)
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제41집 2호, 231~268쪽, 전체 38쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.09.30

영문 초록

This article describes a historical increase since the late 20th century in unorthodox lawmaking in the U.S. legislative process, and interprets is as a sign of intensified partisan competitions between Democratic and Republican members of Congress. Unorthodox lawmaking, exceptionally rare in the previous 'Textbook Congress' predominated by strong standing committees, involves such procedural measures as multiple referral of bills, bypassing the committee with jurisdiction, post-committee adjustment, applying restrictive rules during floor deliberation, resorting to filibusters and cloture votes, devising omnibus bills, and bill readjustment in legislative-executive "summit" meetings. The rapid rise of unorthodox lawmaking clearly encroaches on a hegemonic power of committees as the centers of lawmaking, and signifies complex dynamics of intense party politics as a crucial driving force for legislative process. Party leaders of both majority and minority sides, it is speculated, might have found unorthodox procedural practices politically convenient in pursing their respective legislative agenda. Unorthodox lawmaking, in this sense, is a strategic outcome of party competition, and party collusion to a degree, between majority and minority parties. The relative success of unorthodox procedural measures in producing legislations highlights a positive contribution that unorthodox lawmaking may bring to American legislative politics.

키워드

unorthodox lawmaking American party politics legislative process legislative rules party polarization legislative productivity.