get_congressional_statement_by_bill {ProPublicaR}

Get Congressional Statements by Bill

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

congress

113-116

bill_id

a bill slug, for example s19 - these can be found in bill responses.

page

Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.

myAPI_Key

API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.

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')

## End(Not run)