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Homepage: http://localpolitics.in
Clone URL: git://github.com/hashrocket/localpolitics.in.git 
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file .gitignore Sat Mar 21 09:49:21 -0700 2009 added TextMate example project [l4rk]
file Capfile Mon Jan 19 10:44:24 -0800 2009 Adding deploy details [bigtiger]
file LICENSE Wed Apr 01 07:47:59 -0700 2009 Add MIT license [veezus]
file README.textile Tue Mar 31 11:06:35 -0700 2009 Update readme [veezus]
file Rakefile Wed Mar 25 07:08:07 -0700 2009 Hashrocket best practices for rspec and cucumber [Tim Pope and Veez (Matt Remsik)]
directory app/ Mon Sep 21 10:21:56 -0700 2009 Voting similarity widget no longer blows up the... [veezus]
directory config/ Wed Apr 01 07:46:19 -0700 2009 Allow periods when searching for locations [veezus]
directory db/ Thu Mar 26 11:04:23 -0700 2009 Add SenateComparison [Tim Pope and Veez (Matt Remsik)]
directory doc/ Mon Jan 19 08:42:54 -0800 2009 rails baseline [Jim Remsik and Jon Larkowski]
directory features/ Tue Mar 24 06:40:59 -0700 2009 Turn off warnings for culerity tests [veezus]
directory lib/ Thu Oct 15 07:12:13 -0700 2009 Guard against CapitolWords timeout [veezus]
file localpolitics.example.tmproj Sat Mar 21 09:49:21 -0700 2009 added TextMate example project [l4rk]
directory public/ Thu Apr 02 06:26:17 -0700 2009 Add default images and refactor the code that d... [Andrew Maier and Veez (Matt Remsik)]
directory script/ Wed Mar 25 07:08:07 -0700 2009 Hashrocket best practices for rspec and cucumber [Tim Pope and Veez (Matt Remsik)]
directory spec/ Tue Sep 29 12:03:21 -0700 2009 Fix specs [veezus]
directory vendor/ Mon Mar 23 14:40:41 -0700 2009 Added Hoptoad [Jacqui Maher and Veez (Matt Remsik)]
directory web design/ Mon Jan 19 19:47:31 -0800 2009 making change [thoughtandtheory]
README.textile

localpolitics.in

Hashrocket’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial 2009 Hack Day Apps for America Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race For The Cure

“All politics is local.” — Tip O’Neill

Setup

You’ll want to be running memcached when developing on this app. The OpenSecrets API has a limit of 200 calls per day, which is easy to reach when each page requires three calls. The app is setup to handle all the heavy lifting for you… all you have to do is open a new terminal window and type in:

memcached -vv

Resources consumed

In creating the localpolitics.in site, we’ve consumed a number of external resources. Following is a list.

Sunlight Labs API: District lookups and display of general district information

GovTrack.us: Imported a list of bills and larger photos for each congress person

Bioguide: Biographical information for congress people

FedSpending: Federal spending information

OpenSecrets: Campaign finance information

New York Times: Top presidential campaign donors

Twitter: Recent tweets for congress people

YouTube: Recent video footage for congress people

Google: Geocoding