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+license: mit
+task_categories:
+  - tabular-classification
+language:
+  - en
+tags:
+  - congress
+  - legislators
+  - politics
+  - usa
+size_categories:
+  - 1K<n<10K
+---
+
+# Paper Trail Data
+
+Processed congressional data for the Paper Trail API. Derived from the [Dustinhax/tyt](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Dustinhax/tyt) dataset.
+
+## Files
+
+### distinct_legislators.parquet
+
+Deduplicated list of US legislators from 1979 (96th Congress) to present.
+
+| Column | Type | Description |
+|--------|------|-------------|
+| bioguide_id | string | Primary key (unique per legislator) |
+| bioname | string | Full name (LAST, First format) |
+| state_abbrev | string | Most recent state represented |
+| party_code | float64 | Most recent party (100=Dem, 200=Rep, 328=Ind) |
+| congresses_served | list[int16] | Array of all congress numbers served |
+| first_congress | int16 | Earliest congress (for range queries) |
+| last_congress | int16 | Latest congress (for range queries) |
+| nominate_dim1 | float64 | Economic ideology score (-1 to +1) |
+| nominate_dim2 | float64 | Social issues score (-1 to +1) |
+
+**Stats:**
+- 2,303 legislators
+- Congress 96-119 (1979-2026)
+- ~53 KB (ZSTD compressed)
+
+**Source:** Voteview HSall_members, aggregated by bioguide_id
+
+## Data Sources
+
+All data derived from:
+- **Voteview** (Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, Sonnet) - https://voteview.com/
+- **Congress Legislators** (@unitedstates) - https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
+
+## License
+
+MIT (processing code) / Public domain (source data)