Numeric counter for order in THOMAS data from 93rd - 110th Congresses
Legislator name, as given in THOMAS
ICPSR number, according to Poole and Rosenthal
Congress number
Year at start of Congress
Two-letter state code
Congressional district number
1 = Democrat
Year first elected to House
1 = female
Percent vote received to enter this Congress
First-dimension DW-NOMINATE score
Second-dimension DW-NOMINATE score
Size of House delegation from member's state
1= Speaker
1 = subcommittee chair (or vice chair), according to Almanac of American Politic
1 = African American
1 = Latino/a
votepct squared
1 = Member of Appropriation, Rules, or Ways and Means
1 = committee chair, according to Almanac of American Politics
1 = served in state legislature
state_leg * state legislature professionalism
1 = majority party member
1 = Majority party leadership
1 = Minority party leadership
Absolute distance from floor median (DW-NOMINATE)
Absolute distance from majority party median (DW-NOMINATE)
Lagged LES
Dummy = 1 if in first partial or full term, nonconsecutive
Seniority, number of terms served counting current
100=Dem, 200=Rep, Other
Name in bioguide
Indicator for member in bioguide
Year born
Year died, as of 2020
Number of commemorative bills sponsored by this member
Number of commemorative bills receiving action in committee
Number commem bills with action beyond committee (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number commemorative bills passing House (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number commemorative bills becoming law (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number of substantive bills sponsored by this member
Number of substantive bills receiving action in committee
Number substantive bills with action beyond committee (inc in other leg vehicles
Number substantive bills passing House (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number substantive bills becoming law (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number of substantive and significant bills sponsored by this member
Number of substantive and significant bills receiving action in committee
Number S&S bills with action beyond committee (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number S&S bills passing House (inc in other leg vehicles)
Number S&S bills becoming law (inc in other leg vehicles)
LES 2.0
LES 2.0 Benchmarks
LES2.0/Benchmark2.0
1 = Below, 2 = Meets, 3 = Exceeds LES 2.0 Benchmarks
Total number of bills sponsored by this member
Total bills passing House (inc in other leg vehicles)
Total number of bills receiving action in committee
Total bills receiving action beyond committee (inc in other leg vehicles)
Total bills becoming law (inc in other leg vehicles)