A study of the process by which members of Congress arrive at roll call voting decisions

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.

In a sense, this book might seem like a strange undertaking for two economists. The material seems to be much closer to political science than to economics; our

Using supercomputers, the authors have analyzed 16 million individual roll call votes since the two Houses of Congress began recording votes in 1789. By tracing

In Ideology and Congress, authors Poole and Rosenthal have analyzed over 13 million individual roll call votes spanning the two centuries since Congress began r