Interface to API methods for government data.

Documentation for package ‘govdat’ version 0.1

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nyt_cg_billscosponsor	Get a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so.
nyt_cg_memberappear	Get information about a particular member's appearances on the House or Senate floor.
nyt_cg_memberbioroles	Get biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress.
nyt_cg_memberbystatedistrict	Get a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress.
nyt_cg_membersleaving	Get a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so.
nyt_cg_memberslist	Get a list of members of a particular chamber in a particular Congress.
nyt_cg_membersponsorcompare	Compare bill sponsorship between two members who served in the same Congress and chamber.
nyt_cg_membervotecompare	Get a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so.
nyt_cg_membervotepositions	Get a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so.
nyt_cg_newmembers	Get a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress.
nyt_cg_rollcallvote	Get a specific roll-call vote, including a complete list of member positions.
sll_cg_getcommittees	Gets details (subcommittees + membership) for a committee by id.
sll_cg_getcommitteesallleg	Gets a list of all committees that a member serves on, including subcommittes.
sll_cg_getcommitteeslist	Get list of all committees for a given chamber along with their subcommittees.
sll_cg_getdistrictlatlong	Get districts for a latitude/longitude.
sll_cg_getdistrictzip	Get districts that overlap for a certain zip code.
sll_cg_getlegislator	Search OpenStates bills.
sll_cg_getlegislatorlist	Search OpenStates bills.
sll_cg_getlegislatorsearch	Search congress people and senate members.
sll_cg_legislatorsallForLatLong	Search congress people and senate members for a latitude/longitude.
sll_cg_legislatorsallforzip	Search congress people and senate members for a zip code.
sll_cw_dates	Capitol words dates.json method. Search the congressional record for instances of a word or phrase over time.
sll_cw_text	Capitol words text.json method. Search the congressional record for instances of a word or phrase.
sll_os_billlookup	Lookup bills on OpenStates.
sll_os_billsearch	Search OpenStates bills.
sll_os_legislatorsearch	Search Legislators on OpenStates.
sll_os_statemetasearch	Search OpenStates metadata.
sll_ts_aggregateentityview	Look up the entity ID based on an ID from a different data set. Currently they provide a mapping from the ID schemes used by Center for Reponsive Politics (CRP) and the National Institute for Money in State Politics (NIMSP).
sll_ts_aggregatelookupid	Look up the entity ID based on an ID from a different data set. Currently they provide a mapping from the ID schemes used by Center for Reponsive Politics (CRP) and the National Institute for Money in State Politics (NIMSP).
sll_ts_aggregatesearch	Search for entities - that is, politicians, individuals, or organizations- with the given name.
sll_ts_aggregatetopcontribs	Return the top contributoring organizations, ranked by total dollars given. An organization's giving is broken down into money given directly (by the organization's PAC) versus money given by individuals employed by or associated with the organization.
sll_ts_aggregatetopsectors	Return the top contributoring organizations, ranked by total dollars given. An organization's giving is broken down into money given directly (by the organization's PAC) versus money given by individuals employed by or associated with the organization.