Legislative Learning

The 104th Republican freshman class elected in 1994 is significant in terms of size (73 members), survival into the 105th Congress (59 members), influence and power. it is the first majoritarian House freshmen class for the Republican party in 40years and the most influential partisan freshman class since the 1974 Democrat "Watergate Babies" class. Based upon freshmen class surveys and interviews, this book seeks to understand the 104th GOP freshmen's high class identity and group power as well as the nature ans scope of the class's legislative learning.