get

members.get takes a single parameter to lookup a single member of the House or Senate.

>>> member = nytcongress.members.get(id="G000555")
>>> member
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

filter

members.filter works much the same way, but returns a list. Congress and chamber are required parameters, with state and district being optional.

>>> for member in nytcongress.members.filter(congress=111, chamber='house', state='PA'):
...     print member.name
Jason Altmire
Robert Brady

A call to members.filter that has no state or district will return all members who have served in that congress and chamber. A call that includes district but not state will return an error.

floor

members.floor requires a single parameter - a member's bioguide id - and returns a list of floor appearances as tracked by C-SPAN.

>>> appearances = nytcongress.members.floor(id="G000555")
>>> for appearance in appearances:
...     print appearance.date
2009-04-30
2009-04-28

totals

members.totals takes three parameters - the type of total ("missed" and "party", for missed votes and voting with party), the congress and the chamber, and returns a list of members with their percentages of missed votes or votes with a majority of their party.

>>> missers = nytcongress.members.totals('missed',111,'house')
>>> for misser in missers:
...     print misser.name
Hilda Solis
John Sullivan
Patrick Kennedy

bills

members.bills requires two parameters - a member's bioguide id and either 'introduced' or 'updated' depending on which type of result is desired - and returns a list of bills sponsored by that member. Passing 'introduced' returns the 20 most recently introduced bills and 'updated' returns the 20 most recently updated bills.

>>> bills = bills = nytcongress.members.bills(id="G000555", bill_type="introduced")
>>> for bill in bills:
...     print bill.bill_number
S.1438
S.1394

get

votes.get takes four parameters: the congress, chamber, session and roll call numbers.

>>> vote = nytcongress.votes.get(congress=111, chamber='house', session=1, roll_call=74)
>>> print vote.question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

nominations

votes.nominations takes a single parameter, congress.

>>> for vote in nytcongress.votes.nominations(congress=111):
...     print vote.description
Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor

get

bills.get takes two parameters: the congress and url_number (a slugified version of the bill number).

>>> bill = nytcongress.bills.get(congress=111, bill_slug='hr2581')
>>> print bill.title
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a health survey regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

filter

bills.filter takes three parameters: the congress, chamber and bill_type, which is either 'introduced' or 'updated'.

>>> bills = nytcongress.bills.filter(111,'senate','introduced')
>>> for bill in bills:
...     print bill.title
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.

get

committees.get takes three parameters to lookup a single committee of the House or Senate.

>>> committee = nytcongress.committees.get(111,'senate', 'SSAF')
>>> print committee.committee
Committee on Agriculture

a committee response also provides lists of current and (if applicable) former members for that committee during that congress:

>>> committee = nytcongress.committees.get(111,'senate', 'SSAF')
>>> for member in committee.current_members:
...     print member.name
Tom Harkin
Patrick Leahy

filter

committees.filter works much the same way, but returns a list. Congress and chamber are required parameters.

>>> for committee in nytcongress.committees.filter(congress=111, chamber='house'):
...     print committee.name
Committee on Agriculture
Committee on Appropriations
...
Committee on Ways and Means