cg_memberbystatedistrict: Get a list of the most recent new members of the current...

In rOpenGov/rtimes: Client for New York Times 'APIs'

Description

Get a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress.

Usage

cg_memberbystatedistrict(chamber = NULL, state = NULL,
  district = NULL, key = NULL, ...)

Arguments

chamber	One of 'house' or 'senate'.
state	Limits the list of members by state; two-letter state code (e.g., CA).
district	Limits the list of members by district (House only). If you specify a district, you must also specify a state. If the district number you specify is higher than the total number of districts for that state, a 404 response will be returned.
key	(character) your Propublica API key; pass in, or loads from .Renviron as PROPUBLICA_API_KEY. See rtimes-package for info on rate limits.
...	Curl options (debugging tools mostly) passed to HttpClient

Value

List of new members of he current Congress.

References

Congress API docs https://projects.propublica.org/api-docs/congress-api/

See Also

Other congress: cg_billscosponsor, cg_memberappear, cg_memberbioroles, cg_membersleaving, cg_memberslist, cg_membersponsorcompare, cg_membervotecompare, cg_membervotepositions, cg_newmembers, cg_rollcallvote

Examples

## Not run: 
cg_memberbystatedistrict(chamber='senate', state='NH')
cg_memberbystatedistrict(chamber='senate', state='CA')
cg_memberbystatedistrict(chamber='senate', state='OR')
cg_memberbystatedistrict(chamber='house', state='OR', district=1)

## End(Not run)

rOpenGov/rtimes documentation built on July 21, 2019, 3:19 a.m.