The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.

The lack of engagement is one signal the White House is still far from reaching substantive trade deals ahead of the midnight deadline for stepped-up global tariffs to kick in.

The CongressData Project aims to compile, disseminate, and encourage the use of data relevant to research of the US Congress and tracks member-level variables across the states across time. We have gathered more than 900 variables from various sources and assembled them into one large, useful dataset. We hope this project will become a 'one-stop shop' for academics, policy analysts, students, and researchers looking for variables germane to the study of the US Congress.