The political science department at George Washington University hosted 40 congressional scholars from around the United States and England in May for a discussion of current work on the evolution of legislative institutions and behavior Professors Sarah Binder, Forrest Maltzman, Eric Lawrence, and Gary Young organized the 7th annual conference, which had previously been hosted by Columbia, MIT, Stanford, Washington University, Yale, and Princeton. The conference was partially funded by the Alben W. Barkley Endowment Fund.