State Congressional Delegations and the Distribution of Federal Funds

Author:

Curry James M.1ORCID,Donnelly Christopher P.2

Affiliation:

1. The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

2. University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA

Abstract

Most scholarship on U.S. distributive politics either focuses on the abilities of individual representatives and senators to bring home the bacon or highlights the role the president plays in influencing funding decisions. Little attention is paid to collective efforts in Congress involved in securing grants-in-aid to states. In this paper, we assess how characteristics of House and Senate state delegations affect the collective efforts of a state’s federal officeholders to secure statewide funds. In both the House and Senate, we find that partisan cohesion in a state delegation predicts more federal funds to states. In particular, states receive more funds when larger shares of their delegations are members of a chamber’s majority party. Moreover, we find that the importance of majority party status is increasing over time. These results have important implications for the U.S. federal system and distributive politics.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Sociology and Political Science

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