Evaluating How Legislators’ Constituent-Facing Communication about Federal Agencies Compares to Their Behind the Scenes Work with Federal Agencies

• In Event: Messaging in Legislative Contexts

Brief Overview

In this paper the authors compare members of Congress' attention to executive agencies in constituent newsletters with their interactions with executive agencies via legislator requests behind the scenes.

Authors

• Jessie Munson, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Devin F. Judge-Lord, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Rochelle Marie Snyder, Coe College

• Eleanor Neff Powell, University of Wisconsin–Madison