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compare_two_member_bill_sponsorships

Compare Two Members’ Bill Sponsorships

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

`first_member_id`	The ID of the member to retrieve; it is assigned by the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress or can be retrieved from a member list request.
`second_member_id`	The ID of the member to retrieve; it is assigned by the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress or can be retrieved from a member list request.
`congress`	102-116 for House, 101-116 for Senate
`chamber`	house o senate
`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 bill sponsorship comparison between two members who served in the same Congress and chamber

Examples

compare_two_member_bill_sponsorships('G000575', 'D000624', '114', 'house')

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]

Initial release