Acknowledgements

This project would not have been possible without the generous support of National Science Foundation Grants no. 00880066 and 0111443 to University of Washington and no. 00880061 to University of Colorado. The findings of any research reported on this site are not necessarily endorsed by the National Science Foundation, University of Colorado , University of Washington or the Congressional Research Service. The Congressional Bills Project also incorporates data from the following sources:

The Library of Congress Thomas website (http://thomas.loc.gov)
Frank Baumgartner, Bryan D. Jones and John Wilkerson, The Policy Agendas Project (www.policyagendas.org)
McKibbin, Carroll R. ICPSR Study - 7428. Biographical Characteristics of Members of the United States Congress, 1789-1979
Elaine K. Swift, Robert G. Brookshire, David T. Canon, Evelyn C. Fink, John R. Hibbing, Brian D. Humes, Michael J. Malbin and Kenneth C. Martis. Database of Congressional Historical Statistics
Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal, Nominate (http://k7moa.uh.edu)

We are grateful for the early project assistance of Professors Bryan Jones, Frank Baumgartner, Wendy Schiller, Greg Wawro, Jeff Talbert, and David Canon, and to Jeff Griffith and Stanley Bach of the Congressional Research Service. This project would also not have been possible without the assistance of scores of graduate and undergraduate research fellows at the University of Washington and the University of Colorado. Several of these former and current students deserve special acknowledgement. T Jens Feeley was a meticulous project manager at the University of Washington for four years. Heather Larsen skillfully trained and supervised several generations of undergraduate research fellows. David Roberts deserve the energizer bunny award for his tireless expert coding of tens of thousands of bills over the past three years.

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