Notes on cosponsorship  data

1=sponsor
2=cosponsor

For all raw cosponsorship files that I scraped from Thomas (8/22/2013) names must be matched to ICPSR IDs.  Pay special attention to MCs with the same last name. Verify the row is correct using party, state, cd, and first names.

Some MCs were removed from the cosponsorship files because they do not have a matching entry in the caucus files.  MCs are removed if they are delegates or served partial terms such that the data on their behavior is limited.  These are noted here.

103rd
* Les Aspin removed from cosponsorship data
* Ron de Lugo, removed from cosponsorship data
* Mike Espy removed from cosponsorship data
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Willis D. Gradison, Jr. removed from cosponsorship data
* Paul B. Henry removed from cosponsorship data
* Steve Largent removed from cosponsorship data
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Leon Panetta removed from cosponsorship data
* Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo removed from cosponsorship data
* Robert A. Underwood removed from cosponsorship data
* Blanche Lincoln is Blanche Lambert

104th
* Nathan Deal appears in the caucus data twice because he switched parties half way through this congress. I have duplicated his cosponsorship data to account for this.  There are two identical “Nathan Deal” entries in the cosponsorship file.
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Victor O. Frazer removed from cosponsorship data
* James Hayes appears in the caucus data twice because he switched parties half way through this congress. I have duplicated his cosponsorship data to account for this.  There are two identical “James Hayes” entries in the cosponsorship file.
* Greg Laughlin appears in the caucus data twice because he switched parties half way through this congress. I have duplicated his cosponsorship data to account for this.  There are two identical “Greg Laughlin” entries in the cosponsorship file.
* Blanche Lincoln is Blanche Lambert
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Mike Parker appears in the caucus data twice because he switched parties half way through this congress. I have duplicated his cosponsorship data to account for this.  There are two identical “Mike Parker” entries in the cosponsorship file.
* Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo removed from cosponsorship data
* Billy Tauzin appears in the caucus data twice because he switched parties half way through this congress. I have duplicated his cosponsorship data to account for this.  There are two identical “Billy Tauzin” entries in the cosponsorship file.
* Robert A. Underwood removed from cosponsorship data

105th
* Donna M. Christian-Green removed from cosponsorship data
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Bill Richardson removed from cosponsorship data
* Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo removed from cosponsorship data
* Frank Tejeda removed from cosposnsorhip data
* Robert A. Underwood removed from cosponsorship data

106th
* Helen Chenoweth-Hage has two entries in the cosponsorship data. She was first elected as Helen Chenoweth and later hyphenated her name.  I am keeping the cosponsorship entry with the hyphenated name and deleting the entry for Helen Chenoweth, as the latter does not appear to have many entries.
* Donna M. Christiansen removed from cosponsorship data
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Michael P. Forbes has two entries in the caucus data because he changed parties mid-congress.  I have duplicated this entry in the cosponsorship data.
* Virgil Goode has two entries in the caucus data because he changed parties mid-congress.  I have duplicated this entry in the cosponsorship data.
* Bob Livingston removed from cosponsorship data
* Matthew Martinez has two entries in the caucus data because he changed parties mid-congress.  I have duplicated this entry in the cosponsorship data.
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo removed from cosponsorship data
* Robert A. Underwood removed from cosponsorship data

107th
Acevedo-Vila, Anibal
* Anibal Acevedo-Vila removed from cosponsorship data
* Ed Case removed from cosponsorship data
* Donna M. Christiansen removed from cosponsorship data
* Cosponsorship data includes an entry for Tom Davis and one for Thomas M. Davis.  These appear to be the same person.  The entry for Thomas M. appears to be less complete so I’m deleting this entry. The entry for Tom Davis stands.
* Julian C. Dixon removed from cosponsorship data
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Virgil Goode has two entries in the caucus data because he changed parties mid-congress.  I have duplicated this entry in the cosponsorship data.
* Two entries for Gary Miller (and Gary G. Miller) in the 107th. The latter is more complete. Copied entries from Gary Miller into Gary G. Miller—not sure I got them all. Machine method would be better. Deleting entry for Gary Miller.
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Cosponsorship include entries for both Bud and Bill Shuster.  They served in the same district in the same congress (is Bill Bud’s son?).  Bud resigned in Feb. 2001.  I’m going to save the entry for Bill and delete the one for Bud.
* Norman Sisky removed from cosponsorship data.
* Robert A. Underwood removed from cosponsorship data

108th
* Anibal Acevedo-Vila removed from cosponsorship data
* Madeleine Z. Bardallo removed from cosponsorship data
* Donna M. Christiansen removed from cosponsorship data
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Tim Ryan and Timothy J. Ryan are both in the cosponsorship data.  Lots of observations in both entries.  Attempted to copy one into the other. Keeping the one for Timothy J. Ryan.

109th
* Brian Bilray removed from cosponsorship data
* Madeleine Z. Bardallo removed from cosponsorship data
* Donna M. Christiansen removed from cosponsorship data
* Christopher Cox removed from cosponsorship data
* Randy Cunningham removed from cosponsorship data
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Luis G. Fortuno removed from cosponsorship data
* Robert Matsui removed from cosponsorship data
* Robert Menendez removed from cosponsorship data
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Rob Portman removed from cosponsorship data
* Shelley Sekula Gibbs removed from cosponsorship data
* Albio Sires removed from cosponsorship data

110th
* Madeleine Z. Bardallo removed from cosponsorship data
* Andre and Julia Carson are in the cosponsor file.  Julia died and her grandson took her seat in March 2008.  I’m including Andre and excluding Julia.
* Donal Cazayoux, Jr. removed from cosponsorship data
* Travis Childers removed from cosponsorship data
* Donna M. Christiansen removed from cosponsorship data
* Donna Edwards removed from cosponsorship file
* Eni F. H. Faleomavaega removed from cosponsorship data
* Luis G. Fortuno removed from cosponsorship data
* Bill Foster removed from cosponsorship data
* Marcia L. Fudge removed from cosponsorship data
* Stephanie Herseth and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin both have entries in the cosponsorship data.  I’m keeping the three-named one (Stephanie Herseth Sandlin) because it has more entries. Transferred a few from the two-named into the three named.  Measurement error is a bitch.
* Robert Latta removed from cosponsorship file
* Eleanor Holmes  Norton removed from cosponsor data
* Charles Norwood removed from cosponsorship file
* Steve Scalise removed from cosponsorship file
* Jackie Speier removed from cosponsor file
* Robert Wittman removed from cosponsor file
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