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recent_bills_by_subject

Get Recent Bills by a Specific Subject

Description

Use this request type to get the 20 most recently updated bills for a specific legislative subject. Results can include more than one Congress. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/bills/subjects/subject.json

Usage

recent_bills_by_subject(subject, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

`subject`	A slug version of a legislative subject, displayed as url_name in subject responses.
`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 updated bills for a specific legislative subject.

Examples

recent_bills_by_subject('meat')

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

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

Initial release