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ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Provides wrapper functions to access the ProPublica's Congress and Campaign Finance APIs. The Congress API provides near real-time access to legislative data from the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Library of Congress. The Campaign Finance API provides data from United States Federal Election Commission filings and other sources. The API covers summary information for candidates and committees, as well as certain types of itemized data. For more information about these APIs go to: <https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis>.

Functions (100)

bills_legislation_by_keyword

Search Bills: to search the title and full text of legislation by keyword to get the 20 most recent bills

compare_two_member_bill_sponsorships

Compare Two Members’ Bill Sponsorships

compare_two_member_vote_positions

Compare Two Members Vote Positions

get_a_bill

Get a Specific Bill

get_amendments_bill

Get Amendments for a Specific Bill

get_bills_cosponsored_member

Get Bills Cosponsored by a Specific Member

get_candidate

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

get_candidate_by_name

Get Candidate Info

get_candidates_in_race

Get Candidates in Race

get_committee

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

get_committee_by_name

Get Committee by name

get_committee_electioneering_communications

Get Electioneering Communications by Specific Committee

get_committee_filings

Get Committee Filings

get_committee_leadership

Get Leadership Committees

get_congress_member

Get a Specific Member

get_congressional_statement_by_bill

Get Congressional Statements by Bill

get_congressional_statement_by_member

Get Congressional Statements by Member

get_congressional_statement_by_subjects

Get Congressional Statements by Subject

get_cosponsors_specific_bill

Get Cosponsors for a Specific Bill

get_current_members_by_statedistrict

Get Current Members by State/District

get_electioneering_communications_by_date

Get Electioneering Communications by Date

get_electioneering_communications_committee

Get Electioneering Communications by Specific Committee

get_electronic_filing_byDate

Get Electronic Filings by Date

get_electronic_filing_by_committees

Search for Electronic Filings by committee name o partial name

get_electronic_filing_by_types

Get Electronic Filings By Type

get_electronic_filing_form_types

Get Electronic Filing Form Types

get_hearing_specific_committee

Get Hearings for a Specific Committee

get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date

Get House and Senate Floor Actions by Date

get_independent_expenditure_by_committee

Get Independent Expenditures by Specific Committee

get_independent_expenditure_by_date

Get Independent Expenditures by Date

get_independent_expenditure_office_totals

Get Independent Expenditure Office Totals

get_independent_expenditure_race_totals_committee

Get Independent Expenditure Office Totals

get_independent_expenditure_support_candidate

Get Independent Expenditures that Support or Oppose a Specific Candidate

get_independent_expenditure_support_presidential_candidate

Get Independent Expenditures that Support or Oppose Presidential Candidates

get_lobbyist_bundlers

Get Lobbyist Bundlers for a Specific Committee

get_member_vote_position

Get a Specific Member’s Vote Positions

get_members_leaving

Get Members Leaving Office

get_new_members

Get New Members

get_nominees_by_state

Get Nominees by State

get_quarter_office_expenses_by_category_house_member

Get Quarterly Office Expenses by Category for a Specific House Member

get_quarter_office_expenses_house_member

Get Quarterly Office Expenses by a Specific House Member

get_races_for_state

Get all Candidates in a State for an Election Cycle

get_recent_amendments

Get Recent Amendments

get_recent_committee_hearing

Get Recent Committee Hearings

get_recent_congressional_statements

Get Recent Congressional Statements

get_recent_congressional_statements_by_date

Get Congressional Statements by Date

get_recent_congressional_statements_by_term

Get Congressional Statements by Search Term

get_recent_electioneering_communications

Get Recent Electioneering Communications

get_recent_house_senate_floor_actions

Get Recent House and Senate Floor Actions

get_recent_independent_expend

Get Recent Independent Expenditures

get_recent_late_contributions

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

get_recent_late_contributions_candidate

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

get_recent_late_contributions_committee

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

get_recent_late_contributions_date

Get Recent Late Contributions by Date

get_recent_lobbying_representation_filings

Get Recent Lobbying Representation filings

get_recent_nominations_by_category

Get Recent Nominations by Category

get_recent_official_communications

Get Recent Official Communications

get_recent_official_communications_by_category

Get Recent Official Communications by Category

get_recent_official_communications_by_chamber

Get Recent Official Communications by Chamber

get_recent_official_communications_by_date

Get Recent Official Communications by Date

get_recent_personal_explanations

Get Recent Personal Explanations

get_recent_personal_explanations_specific_member

Get Recent Personal Explanations by a Specific Members

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes

Get Recent Personal Explanation Votes

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_by_category

Get Recent Personal Explanation Votes by Category

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_specific_member

Get Recent Personal Explanation Votes by a Specific Member

get_recent_personal_explanations_votes_specific_member_by_category

Get Recent Personal Explanation Votes by a Specific Member by Category

get_recent_votes

Get Recent Votes

get_recently_added_independent_expenditure_committees

Get Recently Added Independent Expenditure-Only Committees.

get_recently_candidates

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)

get_recently_committees

Get Recently Added Committees.

get_related_bills

Get Related Bills for a Specific Bill

get_senate_nomination_votes

Get Senate Nomination Votes

get_specific_bill

Get a Specific Bill

get_specific_bill_subject

Get a Specific Bill Subject

get_specific_committee

Get a Specific Committee