last name
first name
two letter state abbreviation
Number of commemorative bills receiving action beyond committee
Number of commemorative bills receiving action in committee
Number of commemorative bills sponsored by this senator
Number of commemorative bills becoming law
Number of commemorative bills passing Senate
Number of substantive bills receiving action beyond committee
Number of substantive bills receiving action in committee
Number of substantive bills sponsored by this senator
Number of substantive bills becoming law
Number of substantive bills passing Senate
Number of SS bills receiving action beyond committee
Number of SS bills receiving action in committee
Number of substantive and significant (SS) bills sponsored by this senator
Number of SS bills becoming law
Number of SS bills passing Senate
congress number
Observation number order based on scraping congress.gov
icpsr number
year elected for congress
1 if senator is democrat
1 if senator is in majority party
year first elected to the senate
1 if senator is female
1 if senator is african american
1 if senator is latino
vote share in last election
1 if senator is a committee chair
1 if senator is a subcommittee chair
1 if senator ever served in state legislature
state_leg X squire index
1 if senator is majority party leader
1 if senator is minority party leader
votepct squared
Total number of bills sponsored by this senator
Total number of bills receiving action in committee
Total number of bills receiving action beyond committee
Total number of bills passing Senate
Total number of bills becoming law
legislative effectiveness score
lagged legislative effectiveness score
1 if sit on power committee
1 if freshman senator
seniority squared
number of members in state congressional delegation
Benchmark score based on majority, seniority, chairs
1 = Below, 2 = Meets, 3 = Exceeds
100=Dem, 200=Rep, Others
Name in bioguide
Indicator for member in bioguide
Year born
Year died, as of 2020
First dimensions dw-nominate score
Second dimensions dw-nominate score
Absolute distance from floor median (dwnom1)
Absolute distance from majority-party median (dwnom1)
LES/benchmark