Legislative success in open sky congresses: Weak gatekeeping prerogatives and the approval of legislative initiatives

In legislatures with weak gatekeeping institutions and constrained plenary time, scheduling rules and majority requirements explain inter‐party differences in legislative success. As we show in this paper, the scheduling order of initiatives in relatively unregulated legislative environment explains the consideration and approval of bills with an initial policy offering that is relatively close or far removed from the decisive voter in the Chamber.