Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of RepresentativesScholars of the U. S. House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the legislative process. On the one hand, non partisan theories stress how congressional organization serves members' non partisan goals. On the other hand, partisan theories argue that the House is organized to serve the collective interests of the majority party. This book advances a partisan theory and presents a series of empirical tests of that theory's