get_recent_personal_explanations_specific_member: Get Recent Personal Explanations by a Specific Members

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get Recent Personal Explanations by a Specific Members

Description

Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/member_id/explanations/congress.json

Usage

get_recent_personal_explanations_specific_member(
  member_id,
  congress,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

member_id	The ID of the member to retrieve; it is assigned by the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress or can be retrieved from a member list request.
congress	110-116
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 personal explanations by a specific member in the specified Congress, and supports paginated requests using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_recent_personal_explanations_specific_member('S001193', 115)

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