Merge pull request #47 from regulatorystudies/add_resolution_data

congress_data/README.md

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+# Data cleaning steps for uploading
+- start with running CRA data sheet
+- remove observations for 104-118th Congresses
+- remove cols AN-CP
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+# Relevant fields for tracking bill status
+- introductionbin: binary variable for whether a resolution has been introduced (should be 1 for all observations in dataset)
+- chamberpass_atleast1: binary variable for whether at least one house of Congress has passed the resolution
+- chamberpass_2: binary variable for whether both houses of Congress have passed the resolution
+- becamelawbin: binary variable for whether the resolution has become law
+- vetobin: binary variable for whether the resolution was vetoed