get_recent_votes: Get Recent Votes

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get Recent Votes

Description

You can get recent votes from the House, Senate or both chambers using this request. This request returns the 20 most recent results, sorted by date and roll call number, and you can paginate through votes using the offset querystring parameter that accepts multiples of 20. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/votes/recent.json

Usage

get_recent_votes(chamber, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

chamber	house, senate or both.
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 votes from the House, Senate or both chambers

Examples

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get_recent_votes('senate')

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