Missing Legislators:
Arizona: Jarrett, Pierce, Norris
Colorado: None
California: Chu, Leja, Romero, Bogh
Florida: Feeney, Evers, Jeff Miller
Illinois: Madigan, Daniels, Colvin, Stroger, Persico, Andrea Moore, Jefferson, Scott, Turner, Wright, Ryder, Watson
Maryland: Kittleman, Gaines, Palumbo, Crouse, Guns, Dewberry, Melissa Kelly, James Kelly, Finifter, Kopp, Barve, Dereck Davis,
Michigan: Palmer, Sanborn, Drolet, Kukuk, Garcia, Hummel, Rick Johnson
South Carolina: none
Texas: Laney
Committees:
Arizona:
1. Appropriations
2. Commerce & Economic Development
3. Counties and Municipalities
4. Environment
5. Education
6. Energy, Utilities & Technology
7. Financial Institutions and Insurance
8. Health
9. Human Services
10. Judiciary
11. Military, Veteran Affairs, and Aviation
12. Native American Affairs
13. Natural Resources and Agriculture
14. Public Institutions and Rural Affairs
15. Retirement and Government Operations
16. Rules
17. Transportation
18. Ways and Means
California:
1. Aging and Long-Term Care
2. Agriculture
3. Appropriations
4. Banking & Finance
5. Budget
6. Business & Professions
7. Education
8. Elections
9. Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
10. Governmental Organization
11. Health
12. Higher Education
13. Housing and Community Development
14. Human Services
15. Insurance
16. Jobs, Economic Development, Economy
17. Judiciary
18. Labor & Employment
19. Local Government
20. Natural Resources
21. Public Employees
22. Public Safety
23. Revenue & Taxation
24. Transportation
25. Utilities & Commerce
26. Water, Parks & Wildlife
Colorado:
1. Agriculture
2. Appropriatinos
3. Business
4. Civil Justice
5. Criminal Justice
6. Education
7. Finance
8. Health, Environment, Welfare & Institutions
9. Information & Technology
10. Local Government
11. State
12. Transportation
Florida:
1. Agriculture
2. Banking
3. Business Regulation
4. Child & Family Security
5. Claims
6. Colleges & Universities
7. Crime Prevention, Corrections, & Safety
8. Criminal Justice Appropriations
9. Economic Development & International Trade
10. Education Appropriations
11. Education Innovation
12. Elder & Long-Term Care
13. Fiscal Policy
14. General Education
15. General Government Appropriations
16. Health & Human Services Appropriations
17. Health Regulation
18. Health Promotions
19. Information Technology
20. Insurance
21. Judicial Oversight
22. Juvenile Justice
23. Local Government & Veterans Affairs
24. Natural Resources
25. Rules, Ethics, & Elections
26. State Administration
27. Tourism
28. Transportation
29. Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations
30. Utilities & Telecommunications
31. Workforce & Technical Skills
Illinois:
1. Aging
2. Agriculture
3. Appropriations (Elementary and Secondary Education)
4. Appropriations (General Services)
5. Appropriations (Higher Education)
6. Appropriations (Human Services)
7. Appropriations (Public Sfaety)
8. Aviation
9. Child Support Enforcement
10. Children and Youth
11. Cities and Villages
12. Commerce and Business Development
13. Computer Technology
14. Constitutional Officers
15. Conservation and Land Use
16. Consumer Protection
17. Counties and Townships
18. Elections and Campaign Reform
19. Elementary and Secondary Education
20. Environment and Energy
21. Executive
22. Financial Institutions
23. Health Care Availability and Access
24. Higher Education
25. Human Services
26. Insurance
7. Judiciary I (Civil)
28. Judiciary II (Criminal)
29. Labor
30. Mental Health and Patient Abuse
31. Personnel and Pensions
32. Property Tax Reform and School Funding
33. Public Utilities
34. Registration and Regulation
35. Revenue
36. State Government Administration
37. Tourism
38. Transportation and Motor Vehicles
39. Urban Revitalization
40. Veterans Affairs
41. The Disabled Community
Maryland:
1. Appropriations
2. Commerce & Government Matters
3. Economic Matters
4. Environmental Matters
5. Judiciary
6. Ways & Means
7. Rules & Executive Nominations
Michigan:
1. Agriculture and Resource Management
2. Appropriations
3. Civil Law and the Judiciary
4. Commerce
5. Conservation and Outdoor Recreation
6. Criminal Justice
7. Education
8. Employment Relations, Training and Safety
9. Energy and Technology
10. Family and Children Services
11. Gaming and Casino Oversight
12. Health Policy
13. House Oversight and Operations
14. House Television and Oversight
15. Insurance and Financial Services
16. Land Use and Environment
17. Local Government and Urban Policy
18. Redistricting and Elections
19. Regulatory Reform
20. Senior Health, Security and Retirement
21. Tax Policy
22. Transportation
23. Veterans Affairs
South Carolina:
1. Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs
2. Education and Public Works
3. Ethics
4. Interstate Cooperation
5. Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
6. Judiciary
7. Labor, Commerce and Industry
8. Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
9. Operations and Management
10. Rules
11. Ways and Means
Texas:
1. Agriculture and Livestock
2. Appropriations
3. Business and Industry
4. Calendars
5. Civil Practices
6. Corrections
7. County Affairs
8. Criminal Jurisprudence
9. Economic Development
10. Elections
11. Energy Resources
12. Environmental Regulation
13. Financial Institutions
14. General Investigating
15. Higher Education
16. House Administration
17. Human Services
18. Insurance
19. Judicial Affairs
20. Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
21. Land and Resource Management
22. Licensing and Administrative Procedures
23. Local and Consent Calendars
24. Natural Resources
25. Pensions and Investments
26. Public Education
27. Public Health
28. Public Safety
29. Redistricting
30. Rules and Resolutions
31. State Affairs
32. State, Federal, and International Relations
33. State Recreational Resources
34. Transportation
35. Urban Affairs
36. Ways and Means
Note: Maryland Chairs were based on the 7 committees, not the subcommittees. Actual committee chairs are: Wood, Rawlings, Busch, Guns, Hurson (Guns chaired Environmental Matters until June 2001, Hurson afterward), Vallario, Hixson, Harrison
Note that in the coding for committee membership for Maryland, however, just the main 7 committees were used.
In Florida, the committees were used, not the councils.
Notes on substance
Note that you can defend cosponsorship as a measure of interests--that is much more specific and self-identified than roll call voting. (And bills passed doesn't work as a measure of roll call voting....)
Also--if you want to figure out whether the committee service variable matters because it's shared service versus shared interests, rank them by how often they met, or by how many bills they considered (i.e., workload) You could also control for how many bills they each introduced that went to a particular committee.
Note that the best feedback from the brownbag came from the question of whether bipartisan behavior invited a primary challenge.
Could also incorporate "emergence theory"
Siena Notes
For directed graphs, need alternative transitive k-triangles and alternating independent 2-paths; density; reciprocity; alternating out k-star, alternating in k-star
Cosponsored, sponsored, number, college, conservativism, commchr, diverse, extremism, income, margin, leader, senior, majparty, democrat, republican
Also totcosp alter, totcount ego, conservative similar, diversity similar, income similar, senior ego, senior similar, bothfemale, bothmale, bothwhite, bothlatino, bothblack, commshr, proximity, commchr ego, leader ego, leader alter
Data check:
Check vote for Gloria Haskins--I think this must be a special election (?)
Check whether Jefferson Miller should be deleted from "legislators" file--he came in late
Check whether Guns should be deleted from the "legislators" file--he left early (June 2001, appointed to Public Service Commission)
Need to figure out which states have resolutions....
These are legislators from California who were primary sponsors of some b ills, all of which had no cosponsors: Lynne Leach (#42), David Kelley (#39), Maldonado (#50), McLeod (#52)-->they did not cosponsor with anyone.
These are legislators who needed to be added to either primary or cosponsorship file, who had entries in one but not in the other--filled in 9999 or 8888 for bill--130008, 130004, 132006, 150022, 150035, 150043, 150046, 150047, 150066, 150068, 150079, 150084, 150087, 150100, 150106, 150115, 150116