get_congressional_statement_by_subjects: Get Congressional Statements by Subject

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get Congressional Statements by Subject

Description

To get lists of statements published on congressional websites for a particular subject, use the following function.These subjects are not automatically assigned but are manually curated by ProPublica, although they are based on legislative subjects produced by the Library of Congress. We advise using the statement search response for a more complete listing of statements about a keyword or phrase. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/statements/subject/subject.json

Usage

get_congressional_statement_by_subjects(subject, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

subject	Slug version of subject
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 recent results and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_statement_subjects()$results[[11]][3]
get_congressional_statement_by_subjects(get_statement_subjects()$results[[11]][3])
get_congressional_statement_by_subjects("Central Intelligence Agency")

## End(Not run)

ProPublicaR documentation built on Sept. 8, 2023, 5:53 p.m.