Straus, JacobNagel, Jared C.2025-01-222025-01-222024Straus, Jacob R., and Jared C. Nagel. 揥inning by Association: How Congress Uses Sports Commemoratives.� In Congress and the Politics of Sports. Routledge, 2024. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003376897-4/winning-association-jacob-straus-jared-nagel?context=ubx&refId=5c35c51e-62a7-4fb1-9e33-e754ab6e7f83https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003376897-4http://hdl.handle.net/11603/37396This chapter traces the importance of what might seem like an easily dismissed element of congressional activity梒ommemorative legislation. The chapter demonstrates how this kind of legislation connects to both institutional and individual members� goals. Moreover, the representational importance of this type of legislation is discussed.34 pagesen-USThis is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Congress and the Politics of Sports on 2024, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781003376897 or "http://www.crcpress.com/9781003376897"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Winning by Association: How Congress Uses Sports CommemorativesText