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Urgency petitions and the informational problem in the Brazilian chamber of deputies

Requerimentos de Urgência e o Problema Informacional na Câmara dos Deputados
Dringliche Petitionen und das Informationsproblem in der brasilianischen Abgeordnetenkammer
[journal article]

Almeida, Acir
Santos, Fabiano

Abstract

In the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, an absolute majority may bring any bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without the committee’s report by approving an urgency petition. The prevailing interpretation is that urgency petitions have been used by government majorities to get ro... view more

In the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, an absolute majority may bring any bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without the committee’s report by approving an urgency petition. The prevailing interpretation is that urgency petitions have been used by government majorities to get round unsupportive committees. Contrary to this interpretation, we find that only rarely petitions for executive bills are approved without consensus. We identify two reasons why government majorities in Brazil hardly ever impose their agenda on the Legislature: their common agenda is small, and majority members often enjoy informational gains from letting opposition committees examine executive bills.... view less


Na Câmara dos Deputados, uma maioria absoluta pode retirar qualquer projeto de lei da comissão e leválo à apreciação do plenário, sem o relatório da comissão, através da aprovação de requerimento de urgência. A interpretação dominante é que requerimentos de urgência têm sido utilizados por maiorias ... view more

Na Câmara dos Deputados, uma maioria absoluta pode retirar qualquer projeto de lei da comissão e leválo à apreciação do plenário, sem o relatório da comissão, através da aprovação de requerimento de urgência. A interpretação dominante é que requerimentos de urgência têm sido utilizados por maiorias governamentais para contornar comissões opositoras. Contrário a essa interpretação, nós encontramos que apenas raramente re-querimentos para projetos do Executivo são aprovados sem consenso. Nós identificamos duas razões pelas quais maiorias governamentais no Brasil dificilmente impõem suas agendas à legislatura: sua agenda comum é pequena e membros da maioria muitas vezes obtêm ganhos informacionais ao permitir que a oposição examine projetos do Executivo.... view less

Keywords
chamber; political theory; petition; executive power; Brazil; parliament; historical analysis; majority rule; rationality; representative; right to petition; president; government; political institution; costs; consensus

Classification
General History
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Method
theory application; empirical; historical; quantitative empirical

Free Keywords
Political science; Brazil; parliamentary rules of procedure; information for political decision; cartels; Ciencia política; Brasil; rama legislativa/poder legislativo; reglas de procedimiento parlamentario; información para la decisión política; carteles; Present; Presente

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 81-110

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 1 (2009) 3

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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