The Core Drivers of Congress: Analyzing Members, Constituents, and Committees with CongressData

• In Event: Party Coalitions and Interests in Congressional Agendas

Brief Overview

We introduce congressData, an original database of member-year and district-year level variables on the US Congress, and conduct both dimension analysis and several applications to illustrate its utility to Congress scholars.

Authors

• Matthew Grossmann, Michigan State University

• Benjamin Yoel, Michigan State University

• Ashtaan Rapanos, Michigan State University

• Angelina Benli, Michigan State University