Congressional Speech Networks: A Measure of Membership in the House of Representatives

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Brief Overview

Applying well known natural language processing methods, we investigate the overtime similarity in rhetorical style of members of Congress. Using Congressional Record from 1981 to 2017, we develop relational networks between members of Congress.

Authors

• Laura M Moses, The Ohio State University

• Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, The Ohio State University

• Sahar Abi-Hassan, Northeastern University

• Dino Pinterpe Christenson, Washington University in St Louis

• Adam Perhala, The Ohio State University

• Enan Sravistava