get_les: Get Legislative Effectiveness Scores data
| get_les | R Documentation |
Get Legislative Effectiveness Scores data
Description
get_les() returns
Legislative Effectiveness Scores data
from the Center for Effective Lawmaking.
Usage
get_les(chamber, les_2 = FALSE, local_path = NULL)
Arguments
chamber |
Which chamber to get data for. Options are:
These options are case-insensitive. Any other argument results in an error. Note: Unlike the Voteview functions, there is no There are non-trivial differences between the House and Senate datasets, so take care when joining House and Senate data. Important differences include:
|
les_2 |
Whether to use LES 2.0 (instead of Classic Legislative Effectiveness Scores). LES 2.0 credits lawmakers when language from their sponsored bills is included in other legislators' bills that become law. LES 2.0 is only available for the 117th Congress. Classic LES is available for the 93rd through 117th Congresses. |
local_path |
(Optional) A file path for reading from a local file.
If no |
Details
See the Center for Effective Lawmaking website for more information on their data.
The Legislative Effectiveness Score methodology was introduced in:
Volden, C., & Wiseman, A. E. (2014). Legislative effectiveness in the United States Congress: The lawmakers. Cambridge University Press. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("doi:10.1017/CBO9781139032360")}
Value
A tibble.
Examples
# Classic LES data (93rd-117th Congresses)
get_les("house", les_2 = FALSE)
get_les("senate", les_2 = FALSE)
# LES 2.0 (117th Congress)
get_les("house", les_2 = TRUE)
get_les("senate", les_2 = TRUE)
