CDCE is also located just a few Metro stops away from downtown Washington, D.C. Many of our faculty members research congressional issues including how group dynamics affect cosponsorship, electoral pressures, and constituency interests.

"Networks in the Legislative Arena: How Group Dynamics Affect Cosponsorship." Kathleen A. Bratton and Stella M. Rouse. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 36(3): 423-60, 2011.

"The Key Issue: Constituency Effects and Southern Senators’ Roll-Call Voting on Civil Rights." Irwin Morris, M.V. Hood III, and Quentin Kidd. Legislative Studies Quarterly. November: 599-622, 2001.

"Of Byrd[s] and Bumpers: Using Democratic Senators to Analyze Political Change in the South, 1950-1995." Irwin Morris, M.V. Hood III, and Quentin Kidd. American Journal of Political Science. 43:465-487, 1999.

"Electoral Pressures, Constituency Interests, and Policymaking: Monetary Policy Signaling and the Senate Banking Committee." Irwin Morris. Social Science Quarterly. 76(4): 902-910. 1995.