This data set contains observations on US Senators and Representatives related to their support of anti-piracy legislation that was introduced at the end of 2011.

Data Source: ProPublica, also available in the OIdata R package.

• name: Name of legislator.
• party: Party affiliation as democrat (D), Republican (R), or Independent (I).
• state: Two letter state abbreviation.
• money_pro: Amount of money in dollars contributed to the legislator's campaign in 2010 by groups generally thought to be supportive of PIPA/SOPA: movie and TV studios, record labels.
• money_con: Amount of money in dollars contributed to the legislator's campaign in 2010 by groups generally thought to be opposed to PIPA/SOPA: computer and internet companies.
• years: Number of years of service in Congress.
• stance: Degree of support for PIPA/SOPA with levels: Leaning No, No, Undecided, Unknown, Yes.
• chamber: Whether the legislator is a member of either the house or senate.