Guest: Steven S. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles, including Party Influence in Congress, The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate, and Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress.