Would statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico change Congress? A counterfactual analysis

• In Event: JSS 8
  In JSS Session: Legislatures at Work

Brief Overview

In this paper, I present a counterfactual analysis of various aspects of Congressional politics over the last three decades as if D.C. and Puerto Rico had had voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives.

Author

• Cameron DeHart, Stanford University