White House White House House White House Influence Influence Influence Influence Relative to Relative to Relative to Relative to Congressional Congressional Democratic Democratic Committees Committees Party Party All Careerists All Careerists Executives Only Executives Only 1) (Model 2) (Model 3) (Model 4) .37* .37* .90* .92* Constant (.15) (.16) (.14) (.15) (Std. Err) .009 .009 .006 .004 # of Committees (.009) (.009) (.01) (.01) Holding Hearings .02 .009 .03 .02 # Policy for (.01) (.01) (.02) (.02) Agency -.03 .02 -.06 -.03 Bush Agenda? .11 (.13) (.14) (.15) -.12* -.11* -.10 -.09 Agency Ideal Point (.05) (.06) (.06) (.06) -.90* -1.24* -.88* -1.19* Independent (.19) (.26) (.22) (.25) Commission? -.31* -.35* -.24 -.28* Cabinet Department? (.13) (.14) (.15) (.15) -.31 -.43 % Political Appointees (.74) (.54) -.13 .03 -.29 -.13 % Employed in Field (.17) (.20) (.24) (.25) Office .49 .52 .45 .49 R2 58 58 58 58 N Table A3: Agency Level Regression Results for the Effect of Multiple Committee Oversight on Influence. * denotes two-tailed significance at .10 or better. A4 looks at the relative influence of the White House relative to interest groups to examine whether the relationship in the text is a misleading indication of the level of congressional influence because of the ability of committees to rely on interest groups to affect agency policy. The results in Table A4 are qualitatively identical to the results in Table 1 more –
White House Influence Relative to Congressional Committees White House Influence Relative to Congressional Committees House Influence Relative to Democratic Party White House Influence Relative to Democratic Party All Executives Careerists Only All Executives Careerists Only 1) (Model 2) (Model 3) (Model 4) Constant (Std. Err) .37* (.15) .37* (.16) .90* (.14) .92* (.15) # of Committees Holding Hearings .009 (.009) .009 (.009) .006 (.01) .004 (.01) # Policy for Agency .02 (.01) .009 (.01) .03 (.02) .02 (.02) Bush Agenda? -.03 .11 .02 (.13) -.06 (.14) -.03 (.15) Agency Ideal Point -.12* (.05) -.11* (.06) -.10 (.06) -.09 (.06) Independent Commission? -.90* (.19) -1.24* (.26) -.88* (.22) -1.19* (.25) Cabinet Department? -.31* (.13) -.35* (.14) -.24 (.15) -.28* (.15) % Political Appointees -.31 (.74) -.43 (.54) % Employed in Field Office -.13 (.17) .03 (.20) -.29 (.24) -.13 (.25) R2 .49 .52 .45 .49 N 58 58 58 58 Table A3: Agency Level Regression Results for the Effect of Multiple Committee Oversight on Influence. * denotes two-tailed significance at .10 or better. A4 looks at the relative influence of the White House relative to interest groups to examine whether the relationship in the text is a misleading indication of the level of congressional influence because of the ability of committees to rely on interest groups to affect agency policy. The results in Table A4 are qualitatively identical to the results in Table 1 – more