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In gentok/congressbills: Extract and Manipulate Information of US Congress Bills
congressbills Package
Developed by Gento Kato (Last Updated: 12/06/2019)
Description
Extract and manipulate bill information from US Congress website.
The package website is published HERE.
Installation
devtools::install_github("gentok/congressbills")
Main Functions
searchBill Search bills by keywords and other conditions.getBill Get bill summary page URL (or scrapeBill object) from bill and congress number.scrapeBill Scrape bill information from Congress website using bill summary page URL.collectBillData Collect information of Congress bill from scrapeBill object.read_scrapeBill Import a (or a list of) scrapeBill object saved as .rds file.write_scrapeBill Write a (or a list of) scrapeBill object into .rds file.
Supplemental Functions
BillIDfromURL Collect Bill ID from bill summary page URL(s).collectBillID Collect information that identifies bill from scrapeBill object.collectTitle Collect information regarding title(s) of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectSummary Collect information regarding summary of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectSponsorship Collect information regarding sponsorship of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectAction Collect information regarding actions of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectCommittee Collect information regarding committees considering the bill from scrapeBill object.collectSubject Collect information regarding subject field of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectText Collect information regarding the latest full text of the bill from scrapeBill object.
Updates Log
- 12/06/2019 Version 0.0.1.002 bug fix in collectBillData function
- 06/21/2019 Version 0.0.1.001 adding searchBill and small change in collectAction output
- 03/19/2019 Version 0.0.0.003 bug fix and add BillIDfromURL function
- 03/19/2019 Version 0.0.0.002 bug fix and adding getBill function
- 03/18/2019 Version 0.0.0.001 released
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congressbills Package
Developed by Gento Kato (Last Updated: 12/06/2019)
Description
Extract and manipulate bill information from US Congress website. The package website is published HERE.
Installation
devtools::install_github("gentok/congressbills")
Main Functions
searchBillSearch bills by keywords and other conditions.getBillGet bill summary page URL (orscrapeBillobject) from bill and congress number.scrapeBillScrape bill information from Congress website using bill summary page URL.collectBillDataCollect information of Congress bill fromscrapeBillobject.read_scrapeBillImport a (or a list of)scrapeBillobject saved as.rdsfile.write_scrapeBillWrite a (or a list of)scrapeBillobject into.rdsfile.
Supplemental Functions
BillIDfromURLCollect Bill ID from bill summary page URL(s).collectBillIDCollect information that identifies bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectTitleCollect information regarding title(s) of the bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectSummaryCollect information regarding summary of the bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectSponsorshipCollect information regarding sponsorship of the bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectActionCollect information regarding actions of the bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectCommitteeCollect information regarding committees considering the bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectSubjectCollect information regarding subject field of the bill fromscrapeBillobject.collectTextCollect information regarding the latest full text of the bill fromscrapeBillobject.
Updates Log
- 12/06/2019 Version 0.0.1.002 bug fix in collectBillData function
- 06/21/2019 Version 0.0.1.001 adding searchBill and small change in collectAction output
- 03/19/2019 Version 0.0.0.003 bug fix and add BillIDfromURL function
- 03/19/2019 Version 0.0.0.002 bug fix and adding getBill function
- 03/18/2019 Version 0.0.0.001 released
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