Urgency Petitions and the Informational Problem in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Requerimentos de Urgência e o Problema Informacional na Câmara dos Deputados
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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Politics in Latin America |
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| Online Access: | http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/113 |