Expensive Bills and Agenda Setting in the US Congress

• In Event: Parties and Agendas in Legislatures

Brief Overview

We use new CBO data to develop a new measure of important bills based on the budgetary effects associated with each piece of legislation.

Authors

• Abraham Antonio Barranca, University of Texas at Austin

• Christine C Bird, The University of Texas at Austin

• Derek A. Epp, University of Texas at Austin