The Policy Agendas Project

News

Data releases, conferences, and network developments across the Comparative Agendas Project.

Recent developments

Data releases, conferences, network news, and new work by the project's people — one feed. A selection of publications by project members is on the publications page.

September 2026

Article

Problem and Solution Framing in Senate Tweets: Scaling Expert Interpretation With Machine Learning

Michelle M. Buehlmann, Misha Melnyk, Mitchell Dolny and others — Policy Studies Journal.

Policy Studies Journal ↗

September 2026

Article

Do Political Discussion Partners Share Policy Priorities and Policy Frames?

Matthew T. Pietryka, Amber E. Boydstun, Taylor N. Carlson — Political Behavior.

Political Behavior ↗

September 2026

Working paper

The Effects of Inflation Information: Rates, Prices, and Politics in the Public Mind

John Kane, Christopher B. Wlezien — APSA Preprints.

APSA Preprints ↗

August 2026

Article

Congressional Oversight Reports as Legislative Branch Work Product and Research Resource

Grace A. Moore, David Rapallo, Sean M. Theriault — Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Legislative Studies Quarterly ↗

August 2026

Article

The Legislative Effectiveness of Congressional Oversight Reports

Sean M. Theriault — Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Legislative Studies Quarterly ↗

July 2026

Article

Parallel Partisan Public Responsiveness to Policy and the News

Stuart Soroka, Christopher B. Wlezien — Political Science Quarterly.

Political Science Quarterly ↗

17–19 June 2026

Conference

CAP annual conference hosted at Sciences Po, Paris

The Centre de données socio-politiques and the Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée hosted the 2026 Comparative Agendas Project conference at Sciences Po's Saint-Thomas campus. The program spanned party competition, media and social networks, shifts in political priorities, and punctuated equilibrium theory.

Sciences Po CDSP ↗

June 2026

Article

Muddle and Match: Narrative Coherence in United States Cybersecurity Policy

Jonathan Lewallen — Review of Policy Research.

Review of Policy Research ↗

June 2026

Article

On policy responsiveness: conditions for effective demand and supply

Christopher B. Wlezien — Journal of Public Policy.

Journal of Public Policy ↗

May 2026

Article

Rage on the Record: Angry Emotional Appeals in Congress

Maggie Macdonald, Whitney Hua, Annelise Russell — American Politics Research.

American Politics Research ↗

April 2026

Article

Administrative lobbying and the bureaucratic revolving door

Maraam A. Dwidar, Herschel F. Thomas — Interest Groups & Advocacy.

Interest Groups & Advocacy ↗

20 March 2026

Data release

US Executive Orders dataset extended through 2025

The executive orders series now covers 1945–2025, adding 223 orders issued in 2025 and bringing the file to 4,831 observations.

CAP · US datasets ↗

March 2026

Working paper

Classifying Problem and Solution Framing in Congressional Social Media

Misha Melnyk, Mitchell Dolny, Joshua D. Elkind and others — arXiv (Cornell University).

arXiv (Cornell University) ↗

February 2026

Article

Agenda-setting studies in public policy: Origins, development, and new possibilities for coding in the age of AI

Frank R. Baumgartner, Shaun Bevan, Miklós Sebők — Communication and Change.

Communication and Change ↗

January 2026

Book

Catching Fire in the News

Amber E. Boydstun, Jill Rae Laufer, Dallas Card and others — Cambridge University Press eBooks.

Cambridge University Press eBooks ↗

January 2026

Network

US Policy Agendas Project names new leadership

Christopher Faricy (Syracuse University) and Sean Theriault (University of Texas at Austin) lead the project as Directors, with Derek Epp (UT Austin) as Co-Director. Bryan Jones, who founded the project, serves as Founding Director and Frank Baumgartner as Founding Co-Director. Christine Bird, Rebecca Eissler, E.J. Fagan and Alison Craig join the leadership as Associate Directors.

CAP · US staff ↗

January 2026

Article

Farmed Out: Agricultural Lobbying in a Polarized Congress

Zachary A. McGee — Congress & the Presidency.

Congress & the Presidency ↗

22 December 2025

Data release

Congressional Hearings file updated with topic corrections

An updated hearings file recodes 102 hearings from major topic 5 (Labor) to 13 (Social Welfare), subtopic 1308 (Child Care). Coverage is unchanged at 103,077 hearings spanning 1946–2021; anyone working from an earlier download may want to refresh their copy.

CAP · US datasets ↗

November 2025

Article

Crisis-exploitation or fear-mongering? A research agenda for the comparative study of policy crises and illiberal policy frames

Miklós Sebők, Áron Buzogány, Julia Fleischer and others — Journal of European Public Policy.

Journal of European Public Policy ↗

October 2025

Article

The political economy of fiscal responsibility

Christian Cox, Derek A. Epp, Ian Shapiro — Public Choice.

Public Choice ↗

3 October 2025

Data release

Roll Call Votes updated to v3.4, now through 2024

The Voteview-based roll call series, carrying US PAP and CAP policy codes, now spans 1947–2024 with the addition of the 2023 and 2024 votes, bringing it to 59,724 observations.

CAP · US datasets ↗

September 2025

Article

Policymaking in times of crisis

Frank R. Baumgartner, Laura Chaqués‐Bonafont — Journal of European Public Policy.

Journal of European Public Policy ↗

August 2025

Article

What moves (spending) mood? The nature and origins of parallel public preferences

Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Christopher B. Wlezien, Ryan E. Carlin — Political Science Research and Methods.

Political Science Research and Methods ↗

June 2025

Article

The other side of chaos COVID-19, federal spending, and local government volatility

Samuel Workman, Herschel F. Thomas — Journal of European Public Policy.

Journal of European Public Policy ↗

23 June 2025

Data release

State of the Union and party platform series extended

State of the Union speeches now run 1946–2025, and both party platform series reach 2024. The Republican file has no 2020 entry, consistent with the party readopting its 2016 platform that year.

CAP · US datasets ↗