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2. in defense of earmarks: can earmarks foster a more productive congress?

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Open Access
Author:
Rogers, Harrison Fitzgerald
Title:
in defense of earmarks: can earmarks foster a more productive congress?
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
earmarks
legislative productivity
Congress
appropriations
House
Senate
Presidency
federal
PAC contributions
File:
Download Thesis_-_Harrison_Rogers__final_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Faculty Reader

4. “Equality of Man Before His Creator”: Thaddeus Stevens’s Struggle for Radical Reconstruction on December 4, 1865

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Open Access
Author:
Royer, Curtis M
Title:
“Equality of Man Before His Creator”: Thaddeus Stevens’s Struggle for Radical Reconstruction on December 4, 1865
Area of Honors:
American Studies (Harrisburg)
Keywords:
Thaddeus Stevens
Stevens
Thaddeus
Civil War
Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Andrew
Fourteenth Amendment
1865
Congress
Radical Republican
Politics
History
American Studies
File:
Download SchreyerThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Rogers Haddad, Thesis Supervisor
John Rogers Haddad, Thesis Honors Advisor
Anne Verplanck, Faculty Reader
Dr. Ronald Walker, Faculty Reader

8. US Federal Political Candidate Self-Loaning Behavior: Non-Market Interest Rates, Tax, and Campaign Finance Law Implications

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Author:
Setzenfand, Ryan
Title:
US Federal Political Candidate Self-Loaning Behavior: Non-Market Interest Rates, Tax, and Campaign Finance Law Implications
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
Campaign loan
Campaign finance
Interest rates
Candidate
Applicable Federal Rate
Ted Cruz for Senate
et al.
v. Federal Election Commission
Supreme Court
President
Congress
Tax
Ethics and Compliance
Regression
Below-Market Loans
Above-Market Loans
Non-Market Loans
IRS
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Politician Campaign Loan Paradox
Credit card
Personal loan
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Hills, Thesis Supervisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. The Politics of Competition: How Partisan Rivalry Shapes Presidential Use of Executive Orders

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Open Access
Author:
Olear, Grace
Title:
The Politics of Competition: How Partisan Rivalry Shapes Presidential Use of Executive Orders
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Competition
Executive Orders
Congress
President
File:
Download Olear_Grace__The_Politics_of_Competition_How_Partisan_Rivalry_Shapes_Presidential_Use_of_Executive_Orders.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Marie Hojnacki, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor