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get_lobbyist_bundlers

Get Lobbyist Bundlers for a Specific Committee

Description

Committees must report registered lobbyists who act as “bundlers”, collecting donations for the committee from multiple contributors. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/lobbyist_bundlers

Usage

get_lobbyist_bundlers(cycle = 2018, FEC_ID, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

`cycle`	The election cycle
`FEC_ID`	The FEC-assigned 9-character ID of a committee. To find a committee’s official FEC ID, use a committee search request or the FEC web site.
`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 most recent lobbyist bundlers reported by a specific committee.

Examples

get_lobbyist_bundlers(2016, 'C00579458')

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

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

Initial release