get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date {ProPublicaR}

Get House and Senate Floor Actions by Date

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

chamber

house or senate

year

YYYY format

month

MM format

day

DD format

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 for that date and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

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

## End(Not run)