E. Scott Adler
Data
This public resource provides information on approximately 400,000 bills introduced in the U.S. Congress, currently 1947-2002, along with extensive information about each bill's progress and sponsor. It is used by researchers to study legislative institutions and behavior; by policy experts to study issue attention in Congress; and even by citizens studying their family histories.
This data set includes a wide range of economic, social and geographic information for every U.S. congressional district, from 1943-1998. The variables range from very basic information about each congressional district, such as their size (in square miles), population, and number of persons unemployed to much more specialized information like the number of beds in VA hospitals or whether or not the district is coastal.
