...Christian Fong; Kenneth Lowande; Ayse Eldes This study investigates the relationship between running for president and members’ contributions to the core legislative functions that impact Congress’s standing relative to the presidency. This study finds some evidence that ambitious legislators...

...Alexander Cohen How did firms adjust their corporate political activity (CPA) in response to the January 6th Capitol Insurrection? Through a longitudinal study of campaign contributions from Fortune 500 companies’ political action committees to members of Congress, I estimate the size...

... supporters but expose proponents to potential backlash. Using original data on conspiracy theory promotion by members of Congress on social media, we consider whether members use conspiracy theories to secure votes and campaign contributions. Difference-in-differences analyses reveal that members are more...

...Jesse Crosson; Geoff Lorenz; Alexander Furnas Lawmakers vary considerably in how effectively they advance their priorities through Congress. However, the actual proposal-writing strategies undergirding these differences have remained largely unexplored, due to measurement and methodological...

...Daniel J. Moskowitz; Jon C. Rogowski; James M. Snyder, Jr. A vast literature documents growing ideological divisions between the parties in the contemporary U.S. Congress based on estimates from roll-call voting behavior (such as DW-NOMINATE). We revisit theoretical and empirical claims about...

...Michael P. Olson; Jon C. Rogowski The emergence of the standing committee system is arguably the most important organizational innovation in the history of the US Congress. Previous scholarship has considered theoretical explanations for the organization of congressional committees and studied...

... his data on challenger quality and congressional elections. © 2022 B. Canes-Wrone and M. R. Kistner 2022 B. Canes-Wrone and M. R. Kistner Licensed re-use rights only Elections accountability parties voting behavior Congress (1.4) α j t = l o g i t − 1...

... to polarization because the overall electorate in their districts have become more socially liberal. Congress polarization copartisans Polarization in Congress has increased over the past several decades (Poole, 2007) . The rise in polarization has been a concern because it has consequences...

... behavior presidential politics congress One of the most striking empirical regularities in American politics involves the midterm gap, under which the president’s party routinely loses seats in Congressional elections held during midterm years. Since 1876, the president’s party has lost seats in all...

...Pablo Querubin; James M. Snyder, Jr. We employ a regression discontinuity design (RDD) based on close elections to estimate the rents from a seat in the U.S. Congress between 1850 and 1880. Using census data, we compare wealth accumulation among those who won or lost their first race by a small...