This paper investigates the Single Parliamentary Amendment (EPI) is an effective policy tool for maintaining and / or gaining new bailiwicks. Accordingly prepared and analyzed a database with Amendments approved by the Federal Representatives of the 52nd Legislature (2003-2007); its electoral performance in the municipalities where allocated Amendments. The work is divided into five chapters. At first we present the research design, Problem, Hypothesis and Objectives. The second presents the theories can explain the Legislative Executive x relationship. The third developed a discussion about the complexity of this relationship within the decision-making arena. In the fourth we discuss the methodology used to format the database from the primary banks Individual Parliamentary Amendments of the TSE Congress, Election Results and the IBGE Brazilian Municipalities. Data were analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistical methods, in particular, the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) to measure the strength of the relationship between the variables Total Balance Amendments and Electoral Results obtained by Mr, in the municipality for which approved amendments. In the last chapter, we analyze the data and present the findings trying to answer our Question Research. We found that there is no national standard for the behavior of the Correlation between Individual Amendment and Votes received by States of the Federation, however, the results showed that in 80 % of the Federative Units Correlation ranged from Moderate to Strong that leads us to infer Individual Amendment is that it is not able by itself to explain the phenomenon studied can not fail to recognize that it generates a significant political impact on the election result Mr. Municipality for which earmarked Amendment.
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