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senate108: Bill sponsorship in the 108th U.S. Senate

Description

A bipartite network describing bill sponsorship in the 108th U.S. Senate

Usage

senate108

Arguments

Format

senate108

An igraph object containing a bipartite network with 100 senators and 3035 bills, where a senator is connected to a bill they sponsored or co-sponsored. Senator nodes include attributes for name, party affiliation, state, Govtrack ID, color (red for Republican, blue for Democrat, green for independent). Bill nodes include attributes for date introduced, title, legislative policy area, party affiliation of the sponsor, partisanship, and most recent status.