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  • 8 - Conclusion

  • Pamela Ban, University of California, San Diego, Ju Yeon Park, Ohio State University, Hye Young You, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hearings on the Hill
    Published online:
    21 November 2024
    Print publication:
    28 November 2024, pp 140-152

  • Summary

    This chapter outlines our book’s contributions to understanding how partisan incentives drive the information-seeking behavior of Congress and its committees. Moreover, it underscores the challenge legislators face in balancing their political roles with the need for expert insights. In this final chapter, we relate our arguments and findings to recent challenges Congress has faced in seeking information in its partisan environment. We propose new lines of research that build on our data and work in our book and emphasize the connections to long-standing issues in American democracy. Our book, empirical evidence, and accompanying analyses promote a new understanding of the dynamics underlying the acquisition and dissemination of information in Congress and, we hope, will stimulate further inquiry into the role of information in shaping public policy in a democracy.