Request Bill Information

Usage

cong_bill(
  congress = NULL,
  type = NULL,
  number = NULL,
  item = NULL,
  from_date = NULL,
  to_date = NULL,
  limit = 20,
  offset = 0,
  format = "json",
  clean = TRUE
)

Arguments

congress: Congress number to search for. 81 or later are supported.
type: Type of bill. Can be 'hr', 's', 'hjres', 'sjres', 'hconres', 'sconres', 'hres', or 'sres'.
number: Bill assigned number. Numeric.
item: Information to request. Can be 'actions', 'amendments', 'committees', 'cosponsors', 'relatedbills', 'subjects', 'text', or 'titles'
from_date: start date for search, e.g. '2022-04-01'. Defaults to most recent.
to_date: end date for search, e.g. '2022-04-03'. Defaults to most recent.
limit: number of records to return. Default is 20. Will be truncated to between 1 and 250.
offset: number of records to skip. Default is 0. Must be non-negative.
format: Output format for clean = FALSE. One of xml or json.
clean: Default is TRUE. Should output be returned as a tibble (TRUE) or requested format.

Value

tibble or HTTP response if clean = FALSE

Examples

if (FALSE) { # congress::has_congress_key()
# Requires API Key

cong_bill()

cong_bill(congress = 117)

cong_bill(congress = 117, type = 'hr', number = 3076)

cong_bill(congress = 117, type = 'hr', number = 3076, item = 'actions')
}