Recent advances in data collection, computing power, and theoretical modeling have
stimulated a growing literature in economics and political science studying how social …

How are politicians informed and who do politicians seek information from? The role of
information has been at the center for research on legislative organizations but there is a …

We theorize that direct social lobbying—the meeting of a lobbyist and public official outside
of a formal office—persuades officials to support publicly policies favored by interest groups …

Important work has been done to measure legislative effectiveness in the US Congress and
to explain the individual characteristics that drive it. Much less attention, however, has been …

Interest Groups and Lobbying shows how political organizations and their lobbyists play a
crucial role in how policy is made in the United States. It cuts through the myths and …

This paper examines how public support affects interest groups' advocacy success across
three distinct stages in the legislative process. We hypothesize that public support is vital for …

This article seeks to clarify the relationship between Black Lives Matter and the enactment of
state-level police reform by engaging with a broader discussion surrounding policy …

Not all pieces of legislation introduced for consideration are equally likely to be successful.
The characteristics of legislation's cosponsors can influence bill passage rates. Despite …

Special interest groups (SIGs) have multiple channels of influence: contributing to decision-
makers or providing them with information (henceforth, inside lobbying) and grassroots …

Significant changes to the federal judicial confirmation process have manifested over the
past decade, including multiple procedural reforms in the United States Senate. We argue …