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list_members_chamber_congress

To get a list of members of a particular chamber in a particular Congress

Description

The results include all members who have served in that congress and chamber, including members who are no longer in office. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/members.json

Usage

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

Arguments

`congress`	102-116 for House, 80-116 for Senate
`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 members of a particular chamber in a particular Congress

Examples

list_members_chamber_congress(115, 'senate')

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

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

Initial release