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get_members_leaving

Get Members Leaving Office

Description

To get a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/members/leaving.json

Usage

get_members_leaving(congress, chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

`congress`	111-116
`chamber`	house or 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 returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves a list of members who have left the Senate or House

Examples

get_members_leaving(115, '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