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get_congressional_statement_by_member

Get Congressional Statements by Member

Get lists of statements published on a specific member’s congressional website during a particular congress, use the following function.

get_congressional_statement_by_member(member_id, congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

`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`	113-116
`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.

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

get_congressional_statement_by_member("C001084", 115)

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

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

Initial release