Parties and the Politics of Pork in the U.S. Senate (with M. Crespin)

Constituent Service, Agency Decision Making, and Legislative Influence on the Bureaucracy in the Post-Civil War Era

Credit Claiming, Party Politics, and the Rise of Legislative Entrepreneurship in Congress

Distributive Politics, the Electoral Connection, and the Antebellum U.S. Congress: The Case of Military Service Pensions (with J. Jenkins)

Perception and Reality in Congressional Earmarks (with M. Crespin & E. Wanless) The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics (forthcoming)

In Search of Killer Amendments in the Modern U.S. House (with J. Jenkins) Legislative Studies Quarterly

War for the Floor: Partisan Theory and Agenda Control in the U. S. House of Representatives (with D. Rohde) Legislative Studies Quarterly

POLI 391V: Roosevelt Institution Seminar
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Charles J. Finocchiaro is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. His research and teaching interests cover the fields of American politics and research methodology, with a particular focus on American political institutions (especially the U.S. Congress) and congressional elections.

Professor Finocchiaro earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, where he was a Fellow in the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program.

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