Package: congress 0.1.0

Christopher T. Kenny

congress: Access the Congress.gov API

Download and read data on United States congressional proceedings. Data is read from the Library of Congress's Congress.gov Application Programming Interface (<https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/>). Functions exist for all version 3 endpoints, including for bills, amendments, congresses, summaries, members, reports, communications, nominations, and treaties.

Authors:Christopher T. Kenny [aut, cre]

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NEWS

# Install 'congress' in R:
install.packages('congress', repos = c('https://christopherkenny.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/christopherkenny/congress/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://christophertkenny.com

On CRAN:

Conda:

5.78 score 21 stars 19 scripts 748 downloads 25 exports 26 dependencies

Last updated from:32dfeca461. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: yes.

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linux-devel-x86_64OK137
source / vignettesOK205
linux-release-x86_64OK144
macos-release-arm64OK103
macos-oldrel-arm64OK117
windows-develOK95
windows-releaseOK89
windows-oldrelOK82
wasm-releaseOK107

Exports:cong_amendmentcong_billcong_bound_recordcong_committeecong_committee_meetingcong_committee_printcong_committee_reportcong_congresscong_crs_reportcong_daily_recordcong_hearingcong_house_communicationcong_house_requirementcong_house_votecong_lawcong_membercong_nominationcong_recordcong_request_nextcong_senate_communicationcong_summariescong_treatyget_congress_keyhas_congress_keyset_congress_key

Dependencies:askpassclicpp11curldplyrgenericsgluehttr2lifecyclemagrittropensslpillarpkgconfigpurrrR6rappdirsrlangstringistringrsystibbletidyrtidyselectutf8vctrswithr

Getting started with congress

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Last update: 2025-05-23
Started: 2025-05-23