Given the fact that House Republican leadership “just lost a vote due to defections from its own caucus”:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/politics/house-defeats-stopgap-spending-bill-with-disaster-relief-hanging-in-the-balance.html?_r=1&hp, I thought we should get something up on The Monkey Cage about how often this happens, but I personally have no idea. So I thought I’d throw it open to the readership – does anyone have any research on how often this occurs? Or a particularly good figure showing prevalence over time? Thanks!
