PACs and the Value of Legislative Effectiveness in an Increasingly Polarized Congress

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Brief Overview

We explore the value of MC legislative effectiveness to PACs over time and across issue areas. We ask whether legislative effectiveness has increased in value to PACs as lawmaking has become more difficult in a polarized and centralized Congress.

Authors

• Bruce Anders Larson, Gettysburg College

• Eric S. Heberlig, University of North Carolina at Charlotte