get_recent_personal_explanations: Get Recent Personal Explanations

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get Recent Personal Explanations

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. These explanations can refer to a single vote or to multiple votes. To get lists of personal explanations, use the following URI structure. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/explanations.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

congress	101-116
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 in the specified Congress

Examples

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get_recent_personal_explanations(114)

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