cong_member: Request Member Information

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Request Member Information

Description

This provides three search paths under the ⁠/member⁠ endpoint.

1. By bioguide, which can be subset with item

2. By congress, which can be subset with state and district

3. By state, which can be subset with district

Usage

cong_member(
  bioguide = NULL,
  item = NULL,
  congress = NULL,
  state = NULL,
  district = NULL,
  current_member = FALSE,
  from_date = NULL,
  to_date = NULL,
  limit = 20,
  offset = 0,
  format = "json",
  clean = TRUE
)

Arguments

bioguide	Bioguide identifier for a member of Congress.
item	Information to request. Can be 'sponsored-legislation' or 'cosponsored-legislation'
congress	Congress number.
state	State abbreviation. e.g. 'CA'.
district	Congressional district number. e.g. 1.
current_member	Logical. Should only current members be returned? Default is FALSE.
from_date	start date for search, e.g. '2022-04-01'. Defaults to most recent.
to_date	end date for search, e.g. '2022-04-03'. Defaults to most recent.
limit	number of records to return. Default is 20. Will be truncated to between 1 and 250.
offset	number of records to skip. Default is 0. Must be non-negative.
format	Output format for clean = FALSE. One of xml or json.
clean	Default is TRUE. Should output be returned as a tibble (TRUE) or requested format.

Details

If an invalid set of these are provided, they will be used in the above order.

Value

a tibble::tibble or HTTP response if clean = FALSE

Examples

# Requires API Key

cong_member()

cong_member(bioguide = 'L000174')

cong_member(bioguide = 'L000174', item = 'sponsored-legislation')

cong_member(congress = 118)

cong_member(congress = 118, state = 'CA')

cong_member(congress = 118, state = 'CA', district = 1)

cong_member(state = 'MI', district = 2)

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