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105 changes: 41 additions & 64 deletions README.rst
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And set your API key:

>>> votesmart.apikey = '<<SET API KEY HERE>>'
>>> votesmart.apikey = '<YOUR KEY>'

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address methods
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>>> addr = votesmart.address.getOffice(26732)[0]
>>> print addr.street, addr.city, addr.state
450 Golden Gate Avenue
14th Floor San Francisco CA
235 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC

``getCampaignWebAddress(candidateId)`` and ``getOfficeWebAddress(candidateId)``
return a list of ``WebAddress`` objects based on the provided election or
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Example of getting Nancy Pelosi's web addresses:
>>> for x in votesmart.address.getOfficeWebAddress(26732):
... print x
AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
http://speaker.house.gov/
https://pelosi.house.gov/contact/email-me.shtml
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html
AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov

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candidatebio methods
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Example of getting details on the House Ways & Means committee:

>>> committee = votesmart.committee.getCommittee(23)
>>> print committee.jurisdiction
1. Customs revenue, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery.
2. Reciprocal trade agreements.
3. Revenue measures generally.
4. Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.
5. Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last sentence of clause 4(f).
6. Deposit of public monies.
7. Transportation of dutiable goods.
8. Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
9. National social security (except health care and facilities programs that are supported from general revenues as opposed to payroll deductions and except work incentive programs).
>>> print committee
Ways and Means

``getCommitteeMembers(committeeId)`` gets a list of CommitteeMember objects
representing members of the given committee.
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>>> for member in votesmart.committee.getCommitteeMembers(4015):
... print member
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Representative James Sensenbrenner
Representative Tammy Baldwin
Representative Stephen Cohen
Representative John Conyers
Representative William Delahunt
Representative Trent Franks
Representative Louie Gohmert
Representative Darrell Issa
Representative Mike Pence
Representative Steven Chabot
Representative John Conyers
Representative James Randy Forbes
Representative James Jordan
Representative Steve King
Representative Tom Rooney
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Representative Mike Quigley
Representative Robert Scott
Representative Brad Sherman
Representative Melvin Watt


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>>> for district in votesmart.district.getByOfficeState(5, 'NC'):
... print district
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

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election methods
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... print pos.officeName, pos.name
State House Speaker
State Senate President
State House Majority Leader
State Senate Majority Leader
State House Minority Leader
State House Majority Leader
State Senate Minority Leader
State House Minority Leader

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local methods
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Example of getting all officials from Anchorage, AK:

>>> for official in votesmart.local.getOfficials(1):
>>> for official in votesmart.local.getOfficials(1)[0:1]:
... print official
Mayor Mark Begich
Assembly Member Chris Birch
Assembly Member Matt Claman
Assembly Member Dan Coffey
Assembly Member Harriet Drummond
Assembly Member Patrick Flynn
Assembly Member Elvi Gray-Jackson
Assembly Member Mike Gutierrez
Assembly Member Jennifer Johnston
Assembly Member Debbie Ossiander
Assembly Member Sheila Selkregg
Assembly Member Bill Starr

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measure methods
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Example of checking John McCain's NPAT:

>>> print votesmart.npat.getNpat(53270)['surveyMessage']
repeatedly refused to provide any responses to citizens on the issues through the 2008 Political Courage Test when asked to do so by national leaders of the political parties, prominent members of the media, Project Vote Smart President Richard Kimball, and Project Vote Smart staff.
refused to tell citizens where he/she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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office methods
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Public Advocate
Council
Comptroller
Village Manager

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officials methods
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>>> for sig in votesmart.rating.getSigList(30)[0:5]:
... print sig
916: American Land Rights Association
934: American Lands Alliance
1081: American Wilderness Coalition
1702: American Wind Energy Association
1107: California Park & Recreation Society
292: Citizens for Health - Food, Water & Ecological Health Rating


``getSig(sigId)`` gets all details available for a special interest group.

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>>> for rating in votesmart.rating.getCandidateRating(26732, 657):
... print rating
Representative Nancy Pelosi supported the interests of the Sierra Club 100 percent in 2003.

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state methods
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>>> va = votesmart.state.getState('VA')
>>> print va.population, va.motto
6,187,358 (1990) Sic Semper Tyrannis [Thus Always to Tyrants]
7,882,590 (2009) Sic Semper Tyrannis [Thus Always to Tyrants]

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votes methods
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Barney Frank
>>> for action in bill.actions:
... print action
2008-12-10 - Introduced
2008-12-10 - Passage


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>>> for bill in votesmart.votes.getBillsByYearState(2008)[-5:]:
... print bill
HR 7081
HR 2095 Amtrak Reauthorization
HR 2095
HR 6867 Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation
HR 7321 Auto Industry Financing
HR 3997 Financial Asset Purchase Authority
HR 7321 Automotive Industry Financing
H Res 982 Contempt Charges
HR 5501 Funding to Combat AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis
HR 415 Adding Parts of the Taunton River to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System


``getVetoes(candidateId)`` returns all vetoes for a particular executive.
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def __init__(self, d):
sponsors = d.pop('sponsors')
actions = d.pop('actions')
amendments = d.pop('ammendments') # ammendments -- sic
amendments = d.pop('amendments') # ammendments -- sic
self.sponsors = _result_to_obj(BillSponsor, sponsors['sponsor'])
self.actions = _result_to_obj(BillAction, actions['action'])
if amendments:
self.amendments = _result_to_obj(BillAmendment, amendments['ammendment'])
self.amendments = _result_to_obj(BillAmendment, amendments['amendment'])
self.__dict__.update(d)

class BillActionDetail(VotesmartApiObject):
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params = {'candidateId': candidateId}
result = votesmart._apicall('CandidateBio.getAddlBio', params)
return _result_to_obj(AddlBio,
result['addlbio']['additional']['item'])
result['addlBio']['additional']['item'])

class candidates(object):
@staticmethod
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