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Second , if the key assumption is valid , Democrats should have lower attendance rates on roll-call votes than Republicans do to the extent that such votes reflect national policy making and that participating in such votes takes away from the time a legislator could otherwise devote to local benefit - seeking .

This is indeed what the data indicate , particularly in the case of the House .

The Democratic House attendance rate has not exceeded the Republican House attendance rate since 1959 .

Finally , as shown in the table , Democrats allocate a higher proportion of their personal staffs to district offices -- where local benefit - seeking duties matter more and national policy making activities matter less relative to Washington offices .

An examination of changes in personal staffing decisions in the Senate between 1986 and 1987 -LRB- when control of that body changed party hands -RRB- , moreover , reveals that the personal staffing differences noted in the table can not be attributed to the disproportionate control Democrats exercise , due to their majority - party status , over other resources such as committee staff .

The Democratic House attendance rate has not exceeded the Republican House attendance rate since 1959 .

Finally , as shown in the table , Democrats allocate a higher proportion of their personal staffs to district offices -- where local benefit - seeking duties matter more and national policy making activities matter less relative to Washington offices .

An examination of changes in personal staffing decisions in the Senate between 1986 and 1987 -LRB- when control of that body changed party hands -RRB- , moreover , reveals that the personal staffing differences noted in the table can not be attributed to the disproportionate control Democrats exercise , due to their majority - party status , over other resources such as committee staff .

An additional piece of evidence from the Senate : Holding other factors constant , such as incumbency advantages and regional factors , the difference between popular votes for Republican presidential and senatorial candidates in states conducting a Senate election turns out to be a positive function of how onerous the federal government 's tax burden is per state -LRB- a progressive tax rate hits higher - income states harder -RRB- .

Put more simply , GOP candidates for president are looked on more kindly by voters than Republican candidates for the Senate when the prisoner 's sentence is more severe .

The Democratic House attendance rate has not exceeded the Republican House attendance rate since 1959 .

Finally , as shown in the table , Democrats allocate a higher proportion of their personal staffs to district offices -- where local benefit - seeking duties matter more and national policy making activities matter less relative to Washington offices .

An examination of changes in personal staffing decisions in the Senate between 1986 and 1987 -LRB- when control of that body changed party hands -RRB- , moreover , reveals that the personal staffing differences noted in the table can not be attributed to the disproportionate control Democrats exercise , due to their majority - party status , over other resources such as committee staff .

An additional piece of evidence from the Senate : Holding other factors constant , such as incumbency advantages and regional factors , the difference between popular votes for Republican presidential and senatorial candidates in states conducting a Senate election turns out to be a positive function of how onerous the federal government 's tax burden is per state -LRB- a progressive tax rate hits higher - income states harder -RRB- .

Put more simply , GOP candidates for president are looked on more kindly by voters than Republican candidates for the Senate when the prisoner 's sentence is more severe .

An examination of changes in personal staffing decisions in the Senate between 1986 and 1987 -LRB- when control of that body changed party hands -RRB- , moreover , reveals that the personal staffing differences noted in the table can not be attributed to the disproportionate control Democrats exercise , due to their majority - party status , over other resources such as committee staff .

An additional piece of evidence from the Senate : Holding other factors constant , such as incumbency advantages and regional factors , the difference between popular votes for Republican presidential and senatorial candidates in states conducting a Senate election turns out to be a positive function of how onerous the federal government 's tax burden is per state -LRB- a progressive tax rate hits higher - income states harder -RRB- .

Put more simply , GOP candidates for president are looked on more kindly by voters than Republican candidates for the Senate when the prisoner 's sentence is more severe .

Moreover , ticket splitting appears to take the same peculiar pattern at the state government level as it does at the federal level .

State government is more typically split along Republican-governor / Democratic-legislature lines than the reverse .

An examination of changes in personal staffing decisions in the Senate between 1986 and 1987 -LRB- when control of that body changed party hands -RRB- , moreover , reveals that the personal staffing differences noted in the table can not be attributed to the disproportionate control Democrats exercise , due to their majority - party status , over other resources such as committee staff .

An additional piece of evidence from the Senate : Holding other factors constant , such as incumbency advantages and regional factors , the difference between popular votes for Republican presidential and senatorial candidates in states conducting a Senate election turns out to be a positive function of how onerous the federal government 's tax burden is per state -LRB- a progressive tax rate hits higher - income states harder -RRB- .

Put more simply , GOP candidates for president are looked on more kindly by voters than Republican candidates for the Senate when the prisoner 's sentence is more severe .

Moreover , ticket splitting appears to take the same peculiar pattern at the state government level as it does at the federal level .

State government is more typically split along Republican-governor / Democratic-legislature lines than the reverse .

12:06 a.m .

HRH :

I was in the Berkeley Main library when it hit .

Endless seconds wondering if those huge windows would buckle and shower us with glass .

Only a few books fell in the reading room .

Everyone looked calm , but there was this surreal low level of confusion as the aftershocks continued .

4:02 a.m .

SHIBUMI :

Power is back on , and UCSF -LCB- medical center -RCB- seems to have quieted down for the night -LRB- they were doing triage out in the parking lot from the sound and lights of it -RRB- .

A friend of mine was in an underground computer center in downtown SF when the quake hit .

Additionally , their huge success from the sidelines , with 16 three pointers scored , had a lot to do with the final triumph .

The game started out in favor of the Azulgranas , who put themselves ahead on the scoreboard from the start .

As Vitora 's first four baskets were from the perimeter , the speculation was already that they had jumped into the Israeli net with hot wrists .

English and Teletovic were the main scorers of the 18-20 at the end of the first period .

The second quarter was more of the same , but the Alavan team opted for the inside game of Barac and the work of Eliyahu , who was greeted with whistles and applause at his return home , to continue increasing their lead by half-time ( 34-43 ) .

Such a piece of DNA would probably constitute a gene .

When they found it last winter , Dr. Vogelstein was dubious that the search was over .

His doubts stemmed from the fact that several years earlier a Princeton University researcher , Arnold Levine , had found in experiments with mice that a gene called p53 could transform normal cells into cancerous ones .

The deletion Dr. Vogelstein found was in exactly the same spot as p53 .

But Mr. Levine had said the p53 gene caused cancer by promoting growth , whereas the Johns Hopkins scientists were looking for a gene that suppressed growth .

But there is not one shred of evidence that , other things being equal , salary differentials result in educational differentials .

If there were such evidence , you can be sure you would have heard of it .

If we wish to be serious about American education , we know exactly what to do -- and , just as important , what not to do .

There are many successful schools scattered throughout this nation , some of them in the poorest of ghettos , and they are all sending us the same message .

Conversely , there are the majority of unsuccessful schools , and we know which efforts at educational reform are doomed beforehand .