Package 'ProPublicaR'

Description

Use this request to search the title and full text of legislation by keyword to get the 20 most recent bills. Searches cover House and Senate bills from the 113th Congress through the current Congress (115th). If multiple words are given (e.g. query = health care) the search is treated as multiple keywords using the OR operator. Quoting the words (e.g. query = "health care") makes it a phrase search. Search results can be sorted by date (the default) or by relevance, and in ascending or descending order.

Usage

bills_legislation_by_keyword(
  query_keyword,
  sort = c("date", "_score"),
  dir = c("desc", "asc"),
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

a list object with the return values about title and full text of legislation by keyword

Examples

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bills_legislation_by_keyword(query_keyword = 'megahertz')

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Description

To compare bill sponsorship between two members who served in the same Congress and chamber. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/first-member-id/bills/second-member-id/congress/chamber.json

Usage

compare_two_member_bill_sponsorships(
  first_member_id,
  second_member_id,
  congress,
  chamber,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of bill sponsorship comparison between two members who served in the same Congress and chamber

Examples

## Not run: 
compare_two_member_bill_sponsorships('G000575', 'D000624', '114', 'house')

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Description

Use this request type to compare two members’ vote positions in a particular Congress and chamber. Responses include four calculated values, showing the number and percentage of votes in which the members took the same position or opposing positions. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/first-member-id/votes/second-member-id/congress/chamber.json

Usage

compare_two_member_vote_positions(
  first_member_id,
  second_member_id,
  congress,
  chamber,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves four calculated values: common_votes, disagree_votes, agree_percent and disagree_percent to compare two members’ vote positions, in a particular Congress and chamber

Examples

## Not run: 
compare_two_member_vote_positions('G000575', 'D000624', '114', 'house')

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Description

Use this request type to get details on bills that may be considered by the House or Senate in the near future, based on scheduled published or announced by congressional leadership.

Usage

get_a_bill(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Details

The responses include a legislative_day attribute which is the earliest the bills could be considered, and a range attribute that indicates whether the bill information comes from a weekly schedule or a daily one. Combine the two for the best sense of when a bill might come up for consideration. For Senate bills, the response includes a context attribute reproducing the sentence that includes mention of the bill. These responses omit bills that have not yet been assigned a bill number or introduced, and additional bills may be considered at any time.

Value

List with the result of the query

Examples

## Not run: 
get_a_bill(115, 'hr21')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/bills/bill-id/amendments.json. Use this request type to get Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill.

Usage

get_amendments_bill(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_amendments_bill(115, 'hr1628')

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Description

To get the 20 most recent bill cosponsorships for a particular member, either bills cosponsored or bills where cosponsorship was withdrawn. #HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member-id/bills/type.json

Usage

get_bills_cosponsored_member(
  member_id,
  type = c("cosponsored", "withdrawn"),
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent bill cosponsorships for a particular member

Examples

## Not run: 
get_bills_cosponsored_member('B001260', 'cosponsored')

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Description

Get Candidate Info https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id

Usage

get_candidate(FEC_ID, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

a list object with the return values about candidate basic information

Examples

## Not run: 
get_candidate('P60005915', 2016)

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Description

https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/search

Usage

get_candidate_by_name(NAME, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves federal candidates by last name, using a query string parameter.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_candidate_by_name('Wilson', 2016)

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Description

Get Candidates in Race

Usage

get_candidates_in_race(
  state,
  chamber,
  district,
  cycle = 2018,
  return_value = c("results", "query"),
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

The result of the API call (list), unless return_value=query (mostly for debugging), in which case the query string is returned.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_candidates_in_race('MI', 'house', 11)

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Description

Get Committee Info HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id

Usage

get_committee(FEC_ID, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves ca specific FEC committee for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_committee('C00553560', 2016)

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/search

Usage

get_committee_by_name(NAME, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves ca specific committee by name for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_committee_by_name('Americans FOR A BETTER TOMORROW TODAY', 2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/electioneering_communications

Usage

get_committee_electioneering_communications(
  cycle = 2018,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recently added FEC independent expenditure-only committees, known as “super PACs” from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_committee_electioneering_communications(2016, 'C30002034')


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Description

HTTP Request GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/filings

Usage

get_committee_filings(FEC_ID, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent FEC filings from the specified committee. Electronic filings are available back to 2001. Paper filings by Senate candidate committees and senatorial party committees go back to 1999.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_committee_filings('C00553560', 2016)

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/leadership

Usage

get_committee_leadership(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves committees designated as “leadership PACs” by the FEC from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_committee_leadership(2016)

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Description

To get biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member-id.json

Usage

get_congress_member(member_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress

Examples

## Not run: 
get_congress_member('K000388')

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Description

To get lists of statements published on a specific member’s congressional website during a particular congress, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/bills/bill-id/statements.json

Usage

get_congressional_statement_by_bill(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_congressional_statement_by_bill(115, 's19')

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Description

Get lists of statements published on a specific member’s congressional website during a particular congress, use the following function.

Usage

get_congressional_statement_by_member(member_id, congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_congressional_statement_by_member("C001084", 115)

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Description

To get lists of statements published on congressional websites for a particular subject, use the following function.These subjects are not automatically assigned but are manually curated by ProPublica, although they are based on legislative subjects produced by the Library of Congress. We advise using the statement search response for a more complete listing of statements about a keyword or phrase. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/statements/subject/subject.json

Usage

get_congressional_statement_by_subjects(subject, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_statement_subjects()$results[[11]][3]
get_congressional_statement_by_subjects(get_statement_subjects()$results[[11]][3])
get_congressional_statement_by_subjects("Central Intelligence Agency")

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/bills/bill-id/cosponsors.json. Use this request type to get Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill.

Usage

get_cosponsors_specific_bill(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves information about the cosponsors of a particular bill

Examples

## Not run: 
get_cosponsors_specific_bill(114, 'hr4249')

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Description

Senate Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/chamber/state/current.json House Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/chamber/state/district/current.json

Usage

get_current_members_by_statedistrict(
  state,
  chamber,
  district,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress by State/District

Examples

## Not run: 
get_current_members_by_statedistrict( 'MI', 'house', 11)
get_current_members_by_statedistrict( 'RI', 'senate')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/electioneering_communications/year/month/day

Usage

get_electioneering_communications_by_date(
  cycle = 2018,
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves all broadcast advertisements that identify one or more federal candidates (and have aired 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before the general election) from a specific date.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_electioneering_communications_by_date(2016, 2012, '10', '01')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/electioneering_communications

Usage

get_electioneering_communications_committee(
  cycle = 2018,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent broadcast advertisements by a specific committee that identify one or more federal candidates (and have aired 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before the general election).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_electioneering_communications_committee(2016, 'C30002034')


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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/filings/search

Usage

get_electronic_filing_by_committees(NAME, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves information about FEC reports filed electronically by a committee for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_electronic_filing_by_committees(NAME = "UNITED EGG", 2016)

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/filings/types/form-type-id

Usage

get_electronic_filing_by_types(cycle = 2018, form_type_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a list of available form types for FEC electronic filings.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_electronic_filing_by_types(2016, 'F24')
get_electronic_filing_by_types(2016, 
matrix(unlist(get_electronic_filing_form_types(2016)$results), 
ncol = 2, byrow = TRUE)[8])
#' 
## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/filings/year/month/day

Usage

get_electronic_filing_byDate(
  cycle = 2018,
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves information about FEC reports filed electronically on a specific date.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_electronic_filing_byDate(2016, 2016, '01', '10')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/filings/types

Usage

get_electronic_filing_form_types(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a list of available form types for FEC electronic filings.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_electronic_filing_form_types(2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

To get a list of 20 upcoming Senate or House committee meetings, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/committees/committee-id/hearings.json

Usage

get_hearing_specific_committee(
  congress,
  chamber,
  committee_id,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent hearings and supports pagination.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_hearing_specific_committee(115, 'house', 'HSRU')
get_hearing_specific_committee(115, 'house', 
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")$results[[1]]$committees[[1]]$id)

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Description

To get the latest actions from the House or Senate floor, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET hhttps://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/floor_updates/year/month/day.json

Usage

get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date(
  chamber,
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results for that date and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date('senate', 2017, '05', '02')

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Description

#HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/independent_expenditures

Usage

get_independent_expenditure_by_committee(
  cycle = 2018,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent independent expenditures by a given committee.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_independent_expenditure_by_committee(2016, FEC_ID ='C00575423')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/independent_expenditures/year/month/day

Usage

get_independent_expenditure_by_date(
  cycle = 2018,
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves all independent expenditures on a specific date (the date of activity, not the date filed with the FEC).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_independent_expenditure_by_date(2016, year = 2018, month ='01', day = '01')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/independent_expenditures/race_totals/office

Usage

get_independent_expenditure_office_totals(
  cycle = 2018,
  office = c("house", "senate", "president"),
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves he amount of money spent in independent expenditures for a given office (either House, Senate or President).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_independent_expenditure_office_totals(2016, 'president')
get_independent_expenditure_office_totals(2016, 'house')
get_independent_expenditure_office_totals(2016, 'senate')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/independent_expenditures/races

Usage

get_independent_expenditure_race_totals_committee(
  cycle,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

list of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the total amounts of money that a given committee has spent on individual races (consisting of a state, office and district) during a cycle.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_independent_expenditure_race_totals_committee(2016, 'C00490375')

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Description

#HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id/independent_expenditures

Usage

get_independent_expenditure_support_candidate(
  cycle = 2018,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 200 most recent independent expenditures in support of or opposition to a given candidate.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_independent_expenditure_support_candidate(2016, FEC_ID ='P00003392')

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Description

#HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/president/independent_expenditures

Usage

get_independent_expenditure_support_presidential_candidate(
  cycle = 2018,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 200 most recent independent expenditures in support of or opposition to any presidential candidate.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_independent_expenditure_support_presidential_candidate(2016)

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Description

Committees must report registered lobbyists who act as “bundlers”, collecting donations for the committee from multiple contributors. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/lobbyist_bundlers

Usage

get_lobbyist_bundlers(cycle = 2018, FEC_ID, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent lobbyist bundlers reported by a specific committee.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_lobbyist_bundlers(2016, 'C00579458')

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Description

To get the most recent vote positions for a specific member of the House of Representatives or Senate. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member-id/votes.json

Usage

get_member_vote_position(member_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent vote positions for a specific member of the House of Representatives or Senate

Examples

## Not run: 
get_member_vote_position('K000388')

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Description

To get a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/members/leaving.json

Usage

get_members_leaving(congress, chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a list of members who have left the Senate or House

Examples

## Not run: 
get_members_leaving(115, 'house')

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Description

To get a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/new.json

Usage

get_new_members(page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress

Examples

## Not run: 
get_new_members()

## End(Not run)

Description

To get a list of presidential civilian nominations of individuals from a specific state, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/nominees/state/state.json

Usage

get_nominees_by_state(congress, state, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves

Examples

## Not run: 
get_nominees_by_state(115, 'VA')

## End(Not run)

Description

The House of Representatives publishes quarterly reports detailing official office expenses by lawmakers. The Congress API has data beginning in the third quarter of 2009. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member-id/office_expenses/year/quarter.json

Usage

get_quarter_office_expenses_by_category_house_member(
  member_id,
  category,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

the amount a given lawmaker spent during a specified year and quarter in a specified category

Examples

## Not run: 
get_quarter_office_expenses_by_category_house_member('A000374', 'travel')

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Description

The House of Representatives publishes quarterly reports detailing official office expenses by lawmakers. The Congress API has data beginning in the third quarter of 2009. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member-id/office_expenses/year/quarter.json

Usage

get_quarter_office_expenses_house_member(
  member_id,
  year,
  quarter,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

the amount a given lawmaker spent during a specified year and quarter by category,

Examples

## Not run: 
get_quarter_office_expenses_house_member('A000374', 2017, 4)

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Description

Get all Candidates in a State for an Election Cycle

Usage

get_races_for_state(state, cycle = 2018)

Arguments

Value

the result of the API call.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_races_for_state('DE')
get_races_for_state('DE', 2016)

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/filings/amendments

Usage

get_recent_amendments(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent filings that are amendments of earlier filings

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_amendments(2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

To get a list of 20 upcoming Senate or House committee meetings, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/committees/hearings.json

Usage

get_recent_committee_hearing(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_committee_hearing(115)

## End(Not run)

Description

To get lists of recent statements published on congressional websites, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/statements/latest.json

Usage

get_recent_congressional_statements(page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_congressional_statements()

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Description

To get lists of statements published on congressional websites on a particular date, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/statements/date/date.json

Usage

get_recent_congressional_statements_by_date(
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_congressional_statements_by_date(2017, '05', '08')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get lists of statements published on congressional websites using a search term, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/statements/search.json?query=term

Usage

get_recent_congressional_statements_by_term(term, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results that contain the search term in the title or body of the statement and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_congressional_statements_by_term('AHCA')

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Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/electioneering_communications

Usage

get_recent_electioneering_communications(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent broadcast advertisements that identify one or more federal candidates (and have aired 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before the general election).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_electioneering_communications(2016)


## End(Not run)

Description

To get the latest actions from the House or Senate floor, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/floor_updates.json

Usage

get_recent_house_senate_floor_actions(congress, chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20. The date attribute represents the “legislative day” in which the action took place (actions that occur after midnight often are part of the previous day’s activity).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_house_senate_floor_actions(115, 'house')

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/independent_expenditures

Usage

get_recent_independent_expend(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_independent_expend(2016)

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Description

Get Recent Late Contributions https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/contributions/48hour

Usage

get_recent_late_contributions(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent late contributions to candidates from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_late_contributions(2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

Get Recent Late Contributions to a Specific Candidate https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id/48hour

Usage

get_recent_late_contributions_candidate(
  cycle = 2018,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent late contributions to candidates from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_late_contributions_candidate(2016, 'H4NY11138')

## End(Not run)

Description

Get Recent Late Contributions to a Specific Committee https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/48hour

Usage

get_recent_late_contributions_committee(
  cycle = 2018,
  FEC_ID,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the most recent late contributions to a specific committee.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_late_contributions_committee(2016, 'C00575050')

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/contributions/48hour/year/month/day

Usage

get_recent_late_contributions_date(
  cycle = 2018,
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves late contributions from a specific dates for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_late_contributions_date(2016, year = 2016, month = '09', day = '07')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get the 20 most recent lobbying representation filings, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/lobbying/latest.json

Usage

get_recent_lobbying_representation_filings(page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent lobbying representation filings.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_lobbying_representation_filings()

## End(Not run)

Description

To get lists of presidential nominations for civilian positions,, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/nominees/type.json

Usage

get_recent_nominations_by_category(congress, type, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results for the specified type: received, updated, confirmed or withdrawn.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_nominations_by_category(115, 'confirmed')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get lists of official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/communications.json

Usage

get_recent_official_communications(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees. The data covers communications to the House of Representatives since 2015, and communications to the Senate since 1979.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_official_communications(115)

## End(Not run)

Description

Get lists of official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees.

Usage

get_recent_official_communications_by_category(
  congress,
  category,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results for the specified type: ec (Executive Communication), pm (Presidential Message) or pom (Petition or Memorial).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_official_communications_by_category(115, 'pm')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get lists of official communications to Congress for a specific chamber, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/committees/committee-id/subcommittees/subcommittee-id.json

Usage

get_recent_official_communications_by_chamber(
  congress,
  chamber,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent official communications to Congress for a specific chamber for the specified chamber, either house or senate.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_official_communications_by_chamber(115, 'house')

## End(Not run)

Description

o get lists of official communications to Congress on a specific date, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/communications/category/category.json

Usage

get_recent_official_communications_by_date(
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results for the specified type: ec (Executive Communication), pm (Presidential Message) or pom (Petition or Memorial).

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_official_communications_by_date(2018, '03', '21')

## End(Not run)

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. These explanations can refer to a single vote or to multiple votes. To get lists of personal explanations, use the following URI structure. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/explanations.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results in the specified Congress

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations(114)

## End(Not run)

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member_id/explanations/congress.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations_specific_member(
  member_id,
  congress,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent personal explanations by a specific member in the specified Congress, and supports paginated requests using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations_specific_member('S001193', 115)

## End(Not run)

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. Unlike the “Recent Personal Explanations” response, this response contains explanations parsed to individual votes and have an additional category attribute describing the general reason for the absence or incorrect vote. To get lists of recent personal explanation votes, use the following URI structure. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/explanations/votes.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent personal explanation votes in the specified Congress, contains explanations parsed to individual votes and have an additional category attribute describing the general reason for the absence or incorrect vote.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations_votes(114)

## End(Not run)

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. Unlike the “Recent Personal Explanations” response, this response contains explanations parsed to individual votes and have an additional category attribute describing the general reason for the absence or incorrect vote. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/explanations/votes/category.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_by_category(
  congress,
  category,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent personal explanation votes filtered by a category in the specified Congress.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_by_category(115, 'voted-incorrectly')

## End(Not run)

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. To get recent personal explanations by a specific member that are parsed to individual votes and have an additional category attribute describing the general reason for the absence or incorrect vote, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member_id/explanations/congress/votes.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_specific_member(
  member_id,
  congress,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent personal explanations by a specific member in the specified Congress, and supports paginated requests using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_specific_member('S001193', 115)

## End(Not run)

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. To get recent personal explanations by a specific member that are parsed to individual votes and have an additional category attribute describing the general reason for the absence or incorrect vote, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member_id/explanations/congress/votes.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_specific_member_by_category(
  member_id,
  congress,
  category,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent personal explanations by a specific member in the specified Congress, and supports paginated requests using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_specific_member_by_category('S001193', 115, 'personal')

## End(Not run)

Description

You can get recent votes from the House, Senate or both chambers using this request. This request returns the 20 most recent results, sorted by date and roll call number, and you can paginate through votes using the offset querystring parameter that accepts multiples of 20. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/votes/recent.json

Usage

get_recent_votes(chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent votes from the House, Senate or both chambers

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_votes('senate')

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/superpacs

Usage

get_recently_added_independent_expenditure_committees(
  cycle = 2018,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recently added FEC independent expenditure-only committees, known as “super PACs”.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recently_added_independent_expenditure_committees(2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

Get Top 20 Candidates in Specific Financial Category

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/new (https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis)

Usage

get_recently_candidates(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of the most recently added FEC candidates for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recently_candidates(2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/new

Usage

get_recently_committees(cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recently added FEC committees from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recently_committees(2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET hhttps://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/bills/bill-id/related.json. Use this request type to get Library of Congress-identified related bills for a particular bill.

Usage

get_related_bills(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_related_bills(115, 'hr3219')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get Senate votes on presidential nominations. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/nominations.json

Usage

get_senate_nomination_votes(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves Senate votes on presidential nominations

Examples

## Not run: 
get_senate_nomination_votes(114)

## End(Not run)

Description

The attributes house_passage_vote and senate_passage_vote are populated (with the date of passage) only upon successful passage of the bill. Bills before the 113th Congress (prior to 2013) have fewer attribute values than those from the 113th Congress onward, because the more recent bill data comes from the bulk data provided by the Government Publishing Office. Details for the older bills came from scraping Thomas.gov, the former congressional site of the Library of Congress. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/bills/bill-id.json

Usage

get_specific_bill(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves details about a particular bill, including actions taken and votes

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_bill(115, 'hr21')

## End(Not run)

Description

Use this request type to search for bill subjects that contain a specified term. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/bills/subjects/search.json

Usage

get_specific_bill_subject(subject, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves bill subjects that contain a specified term.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_bill_subject('meat')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get information about a single Senate or House committee, including the members of that committee, use the following function. The committee ids can be found in the committee list responses. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/committees/committee-id.json

Usage

get_specific_committee(congress, chamber, committee_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_committee(115, "senate",
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")$results[[1]]$committees[[1]]$id)

get_specific_committee(115, "senate", "SSAF")

## End(Not run)

Description

To get a specific lobbying representation filing, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/lobbying/id.json

Usage

get_specific_lobbying_representation_filings(id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_lobbying_representation_filings('300986302')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get details about a particular presidential civilian nomination,, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/nominees/nominee-id.json

Usage

get_specific_nominations(congress, nominee_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_nominations(115, 'PN40')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get a specific roll-call vote, including a complete list of member positions. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/sessions/session-number/votes/roll-call-number.json

Usage

get_specific_roll_call_vote(
  congress,
  chamber = c("house", "senate"),
  session_number,
  roll_call_number,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a specific roll-call vote s

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_roll_call_vote(115, 'senate', 1, 17L)

## End(Not run)

Description

To get information about a single Senate or House subcommittee, including the members of that subcommittee, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/committees/committee-id/subcommittees/subcommittee-id.json

Usage

get_specific_subcommittee(
  congress,
  chamber,
  committee_id,
  subcommittee_id,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent hearings and supports pagination.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_subcommittee(115, 'house', 'HSAS', 'HSAS28')
get_specific_subcommittee(115, 'house', 
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")$results[[1]]$committees[[2]]$id,
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")$results[[1]]$committees[[2]]$subcommittees[[1]]$id)

## End(Not run)

Description

To get party membership counts for all states (current Congress only), use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/states/members/party.json

Usage

get_state_party_counts(page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves

Examples

## Not run: 
get_state_party_counts()

## End(Not run)

Description

Get lists of subjects used to categorize congressional statements, use the following function. These subjects are not automatically assigned but are manually curated by ProPublica, although they are based on legislative subjects produced by the Library of Congress.

Usage

get_statement_subjects(page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves all of the subjects that have been used at least once.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_statement_subjects()

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/bills/bill-id/subjects.json. Use this request type to get Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill.

Usage

get_subjects_for_bill(congress, bill_id, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_subjects_for_bill(115, 'hr1628')

## End(Not run)

Description

https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/leaders/category

Usage

get_top20_candidate_of_FinancialCategory(
  category,
  cycle = 2018,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a specific FEC candidate for a given campaign cycle.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_top20_candidate_of_FinancialCategory('pac-total', 2016)

## End(Not run)

Description

The responses include a legislative_day attribute which is the earliest the bills could be considered and a range attribute that indicates whether the bill information comes from a weekly schedule or a daily one. Combine the two for the best sense of when a bill might come up for consideration. For Senate bills, the response includes a context attribute reproducing the sentence that includes mention of the bill. These responses omit bills that have not yet been assigned a bill number or introduced, and additional bills may be considered at any time. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/bills/upcoming/chamber.json

Usage

get_upcoming_bills(chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves details on bills that may be considered by the House or Senate in the near future, based on scheduled published or announced by congressional leadership.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_upcoming_bills('senate')

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Requests: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/votes/year/month.json

Usage

get_votes_by_date(
  chamber = c("house", "senate"),
  year,
  month,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves all votes for one or both chambers in a particular month s

Examples

## Not run: 
get_votes_by_date('house', 2018, '09')

## End(Not run)

Description

HTTP Requests: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/votes/start-date/end-date.json

Usage

get_votes_by_date_range(
  chamber = c("house", "senate"),
  start_date,
  end_date,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves all votes in a particular date range (fewer than 30 days) s

Examples

## Not run: 
get_votes_by_date_range('house', '2017-01-03', '2017-01-31')

## End(Not run)

Description

You can get vote information in four categories: missed votes, party votes, lone no votes and perfect votes. Missed votes provides information about the voting attendance of each member of a specific chamber and congress. Party votes provides information about how often each member of a specific chamber and congress votes with a majority of his or her party. Lone no votes provides information lists members in a specific chamber and congress who were the only members to vote No on a roll call vote, and how often that happened. Perfect votes lists members in a specific chamber and congress who voted Yes or No on every vote for which he or she was eligible. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/votes/vote-type.json

Usage

get_votes_by_type(
  congress,
  chamber = c("house", "senate"),
  vote_type,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a types of votes of each member of a specific chamber and congress. s

Examples

## Not run: 
get_votes_by_type(114, 'house', 'missed')

## End(Not run)

Description

The results include all members who have served in that congress and chamber, including members who are no longer in office. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/members.json

Usage

list_members_chamber_congress(congress, chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

list of members of a particular chamber in a particular Congress

Examples

## Not run: 
list_members_chamber_congress(115, 'senate')

## End(Not run)

Description

To get a list of Senate, House or joint committees, including their subcommittees, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/committees.json

Usage

lists_of_committees(congress, chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")

## End(Not run)

Description

The function attempts to convert the result of a ProPublica API call to a data.frame. If the result of the API call contains various parts, the which_part parameter can be used to specify for which of these the conversion is required. Typically the 'payload' resides in the 'results' field, which is the default, but occasionally the summary and meta fields might be of interest.

Usage

pp_convert_to_data_frame(what, which_part = c("result", "summary", "meta"))

Arguments

Details

The function also replaces . (dot) with _ (underscore) in column names for compatibility with database inserts (e.g. DBI::dbWriteTable)

Value

a data.frame

Examples

## Not run: 
tmp <- get_candidates_in_race('MI','house',11)
pp_convert_to_data_frame(tmp)
pp_convert_to_data_frame(tmp,'summary')


## End(Not run)

Description

This function is primarily meant to be used by other functions in the package, but is made available in case a "raw query" is required.

Usage

pp_query(
  query,
  API = c("campaign-finance", "congress"),
  version = "v1",
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

a list object with the return values.

Examples

## Not run: 
pp_query('115/bills/hr21.json', API = 'congress', version='v1')
pp_query('2018/races/MI/house/11.json', API='campaign-finance',version='v1')

## End(Not run)

Description

Use this request type to get the 20 bills most recently introduced or updated by a particular member. Results can include more than one Congress. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member-id/bills/type.json

Usage

recent_bills_by_member(member_id, type, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

the 20 bills most recently introduced or updated by a particular member. Results can include more than one Congress.

Examples

## Not run: 
recent_bills_by_member('L000287', 'introduced')

## End(Not run)

Description

Use this request type to get the 20 most recently updated bills for a specific legislative subject. Results can include more than one Congress. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/bills/subjects/subject.json

Usage

recent_bills_by_subject(subject, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recently updated bills for a specific legislative subject.

Examples

## Not run: 
recent_bills_by_subject('meat')

## End(Not run)

Description

For the current Congress, “recent bills” can be one of four types (see the descriptions below). For previous Congresses, “recent bills” means the last 20 bills of that Congress. In the responses, an active value of true means that the bill has seen action beyond introduction and committee referral. Requests include a chamber value; to get recent bills from the House and Senate, use both as the value. You can paginate through bills using the page-parameter that accepts multiples of 20. Bills before the 113th Congress (prior to 2013) have fewer attribute values than those from the 113th Congress onward, because the more recent bill data comes from the bulk data provided by the Government Publishing Office. The order of the results depends on the value of type and all results are sorted in descending order.

Usage

recent_bills_by_type(
  congress,
  chamber = c("house", "senate", "both"),
  type = c("introduced", "updated", "active", "passed", "enacted", "vetoed"),
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

Value

summaries of the 20 most recent bills by type. The order of the results depends on the value of type and all results are sorted in descending order.

Examples

## Not run: 
recent_bills_by_type(115, 'house', 'introduced')

## End(Not run)

Description

This function is primarily meant to be used by pp_query to determine the API keys if not passed explicitly.

Usage

retrieve_key(API = c("congress", "campaign-finance"))

Arguments

Value

the key from config.yml or global environment variables key_congress/key_campaign_finance

Examples

## Not run: 
retrieve_key('congress')
retrieve_key('campaign-finance')

## End(Not run)

Description

Returns recent lobbying representation filings for a given search term, in batches of twenty.

Usage

search_lobbying_representation_filings(query, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves

Examples

## Not run: 
search_lobbying_representation_filings('Facebook')

## End(Not run)

Description

A dataset containing some information about US Congressional Districts

Usage

us_congressional_districts

Format

A data frame with 435 rows and 3 variables:

district

The district name

state_name

The state the district is in

state_abb

Two letter state abbreviation

district_number

District number. Except for at-large districts.

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Description

Validate that year cycle is correct

Usage

validate_cycle(cycle)

Arguments

Value

TRUE if correct FALSE otherwise

Examples

validate_cycle(1996)#TRUE
validate_cycle(1979)#FALSE
validate_cycle(16) #FALSE

Description

Validate that a district abbreviation is correct

Usage

validate_district(us_district)

Arguments

Value

TRUE if correct FALSE otherwise

Examples

## Not run: 
validate_district(1)#TRUE
validate_district(111) #FALSE
validate_district(us_congressional_districts$district[1]) #FALSE
validate_district(as.numeric(us_congressional_districts$district_number[1])) #TRUE

## End(Not run)

Description

Validate that a abbreviation is correct

Usage

validate_state(us_state)

Arguments

Value

TRUE if correct FALSE otherwise