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Using several anecdotes from my experience to illuminate science advice in the Congress, this essay complements Bob Palmer’s excellent chapter (see Chapter 10), and provides further counterpoint to those written from the executive point of view. I write specifically about my experience on the staff of the Science Committee
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The Committee name has changed over time, this is current as of this writing.
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“Markup” is the term for a meeting at which a subcommittee or committee considers a bill, amends it, approves it, and sends it along to the next step in the legislative process – or as we say “reports it out.”
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In recent years, in an aspect of its strict discipline, the Republican leadership has taken control of legislative procedure, removing some twists and turns for legislation it prefers and simply stopping legislation it opposes.
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When Newt Gingrich became minority (Republican) leader in 1992 he decreed that the duty of the opposition is to oppose. That is, no longer to negotiate cooperatively with the Democratic majority. When the Republicans became the majority after the 1994 “Contract with America” election he insisted on strict party discipline and no compromise with Democrats. They in turn adopted the “duty to oppose.” Bipartisanship died.
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Byerly, R. (2010). Science Advice in the Congress?. In: Pielke, R., Klein, R. (eds) Presidential Science Advisors. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3898-2_9
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