year_of_congress: Get the starting year of a Congress
In filibustr: Data Utilities for Congressional Research
View source: R/congresses_and_years.R
year_of_congress R Documentation
Get the starting year of a Congress
Description
This function gives the first year for a specified Congress number.
Usage
year_of_congress(congress)
Arguments
congress
A positive whole number.
Details
A new Congress begins in every odd-numbered year, starting in 1789.
For example, 2021-2022 was the 117th Congress.
Value
A positive whole number, representing the first year of the given Congress.
This year will always be an odd number.
Examples
year_of_congress(1)
year_of_congress(118)
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View source: R/congresses_and_years.R
| year_of_congress | R Documentation |
Get the starting year of a Congress
Description
This function gives the first year for a specified Congress number.
Usage
year_of_congress(congress)
Arguments
congress |
A positive whole number. |
Details
A new Congress begins in every odd-numbered year, starting in 1789. For example, 2021-2022 was the 117th Congress.
Value
A positive whole number, representing the first year of the given Congress. This year will always be an odd number.
Examples
year_of_congress(1)
year_of_congress(118)
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