Community structure in Congressional cosponsorship networks

We study the United States Congress by constructing networks between Members of Congress based on the legislation that they cosponsor. Using the concept of modularity, we identify the community structure of Congressmen, who are connected via sponsorship/cosponsorship of the same legislation. This an...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Y, Friend, A, Traud, A, Porter, M, Fowler, J, Mucha, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008