Crediting Invisible Work
Congress and the Lawmaking Productivity Metric (LawProM)
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| ID | 3522381 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Matthew Eatough (0000-0003-2661-3844, Michigan United, autor correspondente), Jessica R Preece (0000-0001-8105-9650, Brigham Young University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2025 |
| Volume | 119 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 566-584 |
| Data de publicação | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055424000224 |
| OpenAlex | W4398139984 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 7 |
| Referências citadas | 61 |
Congressional observers have long been interested in the distinction between legislative "workhorses" and "showhorses." However, when scholars operationalize this by measuring legislator productivity, they often neglect many realities of modern lawmaking by focusing on the traditional bill sponsorship and passage process. To better align measurement with practice, we compile widely available data on bill sponsorship, cosponsorship, and amendments; we also use text-as-data methods to credit instances of behind-the-scenes lawmaking via text reuse between bills. We weight achievements from each of these lawmaking methods to create the Lawmaking Productivity Metric for House Members of the 101-113th Congresses. Including methods of lawmaking beyond bill sponsorship provides important insights about who the congressional workhorses are. In particular, we find that traditional measures systematically undercount the legislative successes of women and likely Black Members of Congress because they disproportionately legislate in less visible ways
Economic growth · Economics · Law and economics · Lawmaking · Legislature · Metric (unit · Operations management · Political science · Productivity · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
The Purpose‐Driven Congress
Minority Legislators Sponsor and Cosponsor Differently from White Legislators
Legislating in the First Female Majority State Legislature
Prior Experience and State Legislative Effectiveness
The (Sometimes Untraceable) Origins of Policy Ideas in Congress
A influência do Legislativo no conteúdo da agenda governamental
How Modern Lawmakers Advertise Their Legislative Effectiveness to Constituents
The Difference Women Make
Unorthodox Lawmaking
Is Bipartisanship Dead?
Gendered Vulnerability
Greasing the Wheels
Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress
Representational Style in Congress
Recognition for Group Work
Race, Redistricting, and Representation
Incorporation is Not Enough
Gender, Institutions and Power
How Does the Rising Number of Women in the U.S. Congress Change Deliberation? Evidence from House Committee Hearings
Invisible Black Politics
The Disappearing Conference Committee
The effects of congressional rules about bill cosponsorship on duplicate bills
Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work
Are Women Legislators Less Effective? Evidence from the U.S. House in the 103rd-105th Congress
Position Taking and Cosponsorship in the U.S. House
Black Political Representation
The Keys to Legislative Success in the U.S. House of Representatives
The Influence of Conference Committees on Policy Outcomes
Who Makes Our Laws? The Legislative Effectiveness of Members of the U. S. Congress
Why conference committees? A theory of conference use in structuring bicameral agreement
Nice Girls? Sex, Collegiality, and Bipartisan Cooperation in the US Congress
What Is Regular Order Worth? Partisan Lawmaking and Congressional Processes
Bill Sponsorship in Congress
The Politics of Interruptions
Congressional Elections
Black Voice
Women’s Issues and Their Fates in the US Congress
Diversity in Political Institutions and Congressional Responsiveness to Minority Interests
The Speaker's Discretion
Connecting the Congress
Gender Inequality in Deliberation
Getting around Gridlock
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
Legislative Productivity in the 93d–105th Congresses
Connecting Descriptive and Substantive Representation
New Institutionalism Through a Gender Lens
More Effective Than We Thought
Tactical Maneuvering on Omnibus Bills in Congress
Measuring Legislative Accomplishment, 1877–1994
When Are Women More Effective Lawmakers Than Men
Policy and Pork
Tracing the Flow of Policy Ideas in Legislatures
The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson Effect
Power and Influence in State Legislative Policymaking
Congressional Enactments of Race-Gender
Why are Congressional Committees Powerful
Senate Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics
How Words and Money Cultivate a Personal Vote
Buying Time
The Effect of Gender on Interruptions at Congressional Hearings
| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
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| Citações por ano | 7 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 7 |