Adam Zelizer

Assistant professor of Political Economy at Chicago Harris interested in legislatures, RCTs, and locked room mysteries.

[Adam Zelizer @AdamZelizer]

This paper offers a compelling benefit of the electoral college - it is more difficult to steal votes because votes must come from relatively purple states, where oversight of election processes is likely more robust than in highly partisan ones.

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From the latest issue of the QJPS, "Electoral College and Electoral Fraud" by Georgy Egorov and @k_sonin. A thread.

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@jcrohsaine Reminds me of the old weekend update joke (from Norm?) about an election like this. "That's right, folks, my vote still wouldn't have mattered."

[Adam Zelizer @AdamZelizer]

@kevin_mcnellis This is my hobby horse too. Glad to hear others share it.

BTW - when did the recorded votes start in the CoW? It was after the LRA of 1970, but did it start in 1970, or the following congress or session?

[Kevin McNellis @kevin_mcnellis]

My procedural hobby horse is that bringing back non-recorded votes could solve a lot of problems caused by polarization. Before 1970, there were not recorded votes in the Committee of the Whole, which allowed non-recorded votes on appropriations bills.

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@jawillick PS - I will be using this exchange for my intro lecture tomorrow night about why our Master's students take classes on strategic thinking in public policy. Game theory ftw. Thanks!

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@jawillick Restating your 'main point' does not engage with the broader strategic implications of your suggestion. Think through the implications and other rules / institutions / incentives, and your suggestion achieves the opposite of what you say it does.

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@jawillick Unless you have a plan for lowering the threshold to override a veto, your thoughts on the effects of nuking the filibuster are confused.

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@jawillick Most importantly, nuking the filibuster for legislation doesn't support your argument. The President still has the veto. S majorities who oppose the President still face a 67 vote threshold; S majorities who align now have a 51 vote threshold. How does that empower the Senate?

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@sorendayton @jawillick Agreed.

https://t.co/0u61flSUqR

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@jawillick Lindsay Rogers' "The American Senate", published in 1926, argues the opposite, that the filibuster is crucial to Congress' independence from the President. Worth checking out.

[Adam Zelizer @AdamZelizer]

@jawillick Lindsay Rogers' "The American Senate", published in 1926, argues the opposite, that the filibuster is crucial to Congress' independence from the President. Worth checking out.

[Adam Zelizer @AdamZelizer]

“Columbia will remain the college of no king.”

Put it on the t-shirt!

[Jeffrey R. Lax @JeffreyLax]

"Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university." - https://t.co/bzMc1B65BP

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Interesting paper!

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🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER ALERT!!! 🚨

ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE

How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate

Link: https://t.co/dsGPCgDQ1Q

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We are heartbroken to announce that Brewers icon & Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Uecker passed away today at the age of 90

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The Harris School of Public Policy is searching for an Assistant Instructional Professor (full time lecturer) to teach in its degree programs and coordinate its core classes. All are welcome to apply at https://t.co/iuKawalBlJ. EOE/Vet/Disability.

[Adam Zelizer @AdamZelizer]

@annabellehutch Before the games I put the O/U on close games at 0.5 and took the under. Next round I’d say it’s 1.5 and I’m still taking the under.

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I'm no expert on healthcare, but I can imagine two political economy angles:

1) The medical community will fight these changes with all they've got.

2) Will cutting this spending lead to hospital closures in low-income / rural areas?

[Marc Goldwein @MarcGoldwein]

Here’s about $2 trillion, if you did the most aggressive version of each policy:
1) prevent Medicare Advantage ‘upcoding’
2) pay hospitals the same as doctors offices
3) prevent states and hospitals from colluding to inflate their federal Medicaid match
4) end Medicare Advantage quality bonuses that go to all plans, pretty much regardless of quality
5) reduce excess post-acute care reimbursements in Medicare
6) restrict Medigap wrap-around plans that charge seniors big premiums and encourage unnecessary care
7) End reimbursents for bad debts
8) build on recent drug pricing reforms
9) reduce LIS copays for generic drugs and increase for name brand
10) fund cost sharing reductions directly instead of through crazy-quilt “silver loading”

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@mbarber83 And if one member dies, another shall be sacrificed to preserve the median voter.

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@ProfNickStephan 😂