Replication Data for: \"Congressional Capacity and the Abolition of Legislative Service Organizations\"

I analyze the relative influence of lawmakers before and after a watershed moment in the development of faction institutions: the abolition of legislative service organizations (LSOs). Blocs of lawmakers in the House of Representatives were afforded official resources to advance their policy agendas between 1979 and 1995. In the wake of the 'Republican Revolution,' however, these groups were categorically dismantled. Using a difference-in-difference design, I estimate the individual-level effect of losing congressional resources on relative legislative effectiveness. The results inform our understanding of faction power, legislative bargaining, and evolving congressional institutions.

本研究分析了派系制度发展中的关键分水岭时刻——立法服务组织（Legislative Service Organizations, LSOs）废除前后，议员相对影响力的变迁。1979年至1995年间，美国众议院议员组成的议员团可获得官方资源以推进其政策议程。然而在“共和党革命”之后，这类团体被彻底解散。本研究采用双重差分法（difference-in-difference），估算了失去国会资源对议员个体相对立法效能的个体层面影响。该研究结果有助于深化我们对派系权力、立法博弈以及国会制度演进的理解。