Presidential Legislative Messages and Congressional Lobbying Targets

Harvard Dataverse hosts replication data for a 2026 study by Huchen Liu on presidential communications and lobbying. The dataset contains the materials necessary to reproduce the analysis linking presidential messages on legislation to congressional lobbying targets. The specific row count, column structure, and file formats are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between presidential messages on legislation and the congressional targets of lobbying as defined in the source study.
• Reproduce the statistical results from the 2026 paper using the provided code and data files.
• Examine the temporal or topical patterns in lobbying targets following specific types of presidential communications.

Strengths

• Data is directly tied to a 2026 academic publication, ensuring relevance for contemporary political science research.
• The dataset includes both data and code, facilitating full replication and transparency of the original study's findings.
• Hosted on Harvard Dataverse, a platform associated with academic data stewardship.

Limitations

• The core data dimensions (rows, columns, sample data) are unspecified, making it difficult to assess scope and structure prior to download.
• Without column details, the specific variables available for analysis, such as message content or lobbyist identifiers, are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, from author Huchen Liu.

Collection Method

Created as replication data for the associated 2026 academic study.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on January 20, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Focus is on U.S. federal politics (Presidential and Congressional).