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get_committee_electioneering_communications

Get Electioneering Communications by Specific Committee

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

cycle

The election cycle
FEC_ID

The FEC-assigned 9-character ID of a committee.
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 recently added FEC independent expenditure-only committees, known as “super PACs” from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

get_committee_electioneering_communications(2016, 'C30002034')
ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1
GPL-3 | file LICENSE
Authors
Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]
Initial release

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