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re:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h55

the
�<span class="dot...
color swatches under "VOTE DETAILS" appear overridingly Red, which of course, they shouldn't.

Right now the red swatches are sitting on top of the blue ones in many cases. How can the CSS be modified so that there's properly more blue than red?

I haven't been able to figure it out. Maybe smarter minds will prevail.

(The bar chart CSS does a much better job of displaying appropriate party proportions than the span swatches under VOTE DETAILS.) (at least, that's the case in my browsers.)

Margie
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> �
>
> Someone's queries to the votes API were bringing down my whole server,
> so I've disabled the two votes endpoints for the moment.
>
> MySQL wasn't optimizing a query very well, to say the least.
>
> --
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
>

#1154

From: "Maurizio" <iluvmyannie4ever@...>
Date: Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:53 pm
Subject: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

Hello Josh,

the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative passed
away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.

Thanks,
Maurizio


--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
> IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same
> person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
>
> For more details, see
> https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
>
> --
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>

#1155

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:00 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

tauberer

In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.

I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Hello Josh,
the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative passed away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
Thanks,
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:

If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
For more details, see https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
-- - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

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#1156

From: "Maurizio" <iluvmyannie4ever@...>
Date: Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:23 pm
Subject: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

Ah thanks, I'll look that up.

Related question: is there leadership/partisanship data on past governments?
I can see the missed votes there but can't find eadership/partisanship data.

Thanks,
Maurizio

--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before
> about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.
>
> I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
> http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html
>
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
> On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> > Hello Josh,
> >
> > the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative passed
away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Maurizio
> >
> >
> > --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
> >> If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
> >> IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same
> >> person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
> >>
> >> For more details, see
> >> https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
> >>
> >> --
> >> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
> >>
> >> http://razor.occams.info
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

#1157

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Mon Mar 4, 2013 4:00 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

tauberer

I hadn't run the analysis on historical data, but I'm running it now.
(93rd Congress and on, which is where bill data starts.)

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 03/04/2013 10:23 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> Ah thanks, I'll look that up.
>
> Related question: is there leadership/partisanship data on past governments?
> I can see the missed votes there but can't find eadership/partisanship data.
>
> Thanks,
> Maurizio
>
> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>> In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before
>> about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.
>>
>> I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
>> http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html
>>
>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>>
>> http://razor.occams.info
>>
>> On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:
>>> Hello Josh,
>>>
>>> the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative passed
away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Maurizio
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
>>>> If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
>>>> IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same
>>>> person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
>>>>
>>>> For more details, see
>>>> https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>>>>
>>>> http://razor.occams.info
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

#1158

From: "Maurizio" <iluvmyannie4ever@...>
Date: Mon Mar 4, 2013 4:11 pm
Subject: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

Yeah I can see it now. So fast!

I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is something
more needed to run the analysis?

Anyway, thanks so much for the incredibly fast response. If there's anywhere
where I can leave an extremely positive feedback, please let me know, I'd love
to.

Maurizio

--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> I hadn't run the analysis on historical data, but I'm running it now.
> (93rd Congress and on, which is where bill data starts.)
>
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
> On 03/04/2013 10:23 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> > Ah thanks, I'll look that up.
> >
> > Related question: is there leadership/partisanship data on past governments?
> > I can see the missed votes there but can't find eadership/partisanship data.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Maurizio
> >
> > --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
> >> In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before
> >> about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.
> >>
> >> I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
> >> http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html
> >>
> >> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
> >>
> >> http://razor.occams.info
> >>
> >> On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> >>> Hello Josh,
> >>>
> >>> the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative
passed away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Maurizio
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
> >>>> If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
> >>>> IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same
> >>>> person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
> >>>>
> >>>> For more details, see
> >>>> https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
> >>>>
> >>>> http://razor.occams.info
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

#1159

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Mon Mar 4, 2013 4:22 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

tauberer

I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is something more needed to run the analysis?

Let's start with what the analysis is:
http://www.govtrack.us/about/analysis#ideology

Thanks,

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 03/04/2013 11:11 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Yeah I can see it now. So fast! I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is something more needed to run the analysis? Anyway, thanks so much for the incredibly fast response. If there's anywhere where I can leave an extremely positive feedback, please let me know, I'd love to.
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:

I hadn't run the analysis on historical data, but I'm running it now. (93rd Congress and on, which is where bill data starts.)
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info
On 03/04/2013 10:23 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Ah thanks, I'll look that up.
Related question: is there leadership/partisanship data on past governments?
I can see the missed votes there but can't find eadership/partisanship data.
Thanks,
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:

In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before
about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.
I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info
On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Hello Josh,
the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative passed away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
Thanks,
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:

If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same
person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
For more details, see
https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
-- - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

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#1160

From: "Maurizio" <iluvmyannie4ever@...>
Date: Tue Mar 5, 2013 2:39 am
Subject: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

Got it co-sponsorship is required for the stat analysis.

Two more things:

1. birthday of Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is "null" should be 1952-12-2
2. gender of Stockman, Steve (Rep.)  should be "male"
3. gender of Salmon, Matt (Rep.)  should be "male"

Request:  filter by congress_number (please!)

Thanks,
Maurizio

--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> > I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is
something more needed to run the analysis?
>
> Let's start with what the analysis is:
> http://www.govtrack.us/about/analysis#ideology
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
> On 03/04/2013 11:11 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> > Yeah I can see it now. So fast!
> >
> > I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is
something more needed to run the analysis?
> >
> > Anyway, thanks so much for the incredibly fast response. If there's anywhere
where I can leave an extremely positive feedback, please let me know, I'd love
to.
> >
> > Maurizio
> >
> > --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
> >> I hadn't run the analysis on historical data, but I'm running it now.
> >> (93rd Congress and on, which is where bill data starts.)
> >>
> >> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
> >>
> >> http://razor.occams.info
> >>
> >> On 03/04/2013 10:23 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> >>> Ah thanks, I'll look that up.
> >>>
> >>> Related question: is there leadership/partisanship data on past
governments?
> >>> I can see the missed votes there but can't find eadership/partisanship
data.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Maurizio
> >>>
> >>> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
> >>>> In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before
> >>>> about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
> >>>> http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html
> >>>>
> >>>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
> >>>>
> >>>> http://razor.occams.info
> >>>>
> >>>> On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:
> >>>>> Hello Josh,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative
passed away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Maurizio
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:
> >>>>>> If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
> >>>>>> IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the
same
> >>>>>> person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> For more details, see
> >>>>>> https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://razor.occams.info
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ------------------------------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------------
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >
> >
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#1161

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Tue Mar 5, 2013 1:51 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Squashed IDs (Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy)

tauberer

Thanks.

Biographical info is now collected on github, so the best place to post these sorts of issues is now:
https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues

Eric happened to have already filled in the genders (though I hadn't pulled it into GovTrack), and I added the birthday. I'm updating GovTrack now.

Filtering by congress_number is a little tricky since I don't have it in my db, and for senators there are three congresses per term. So I can't add that at the moment.

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 03/04/2013 09:39 PM, Maurizio wrote:

Got it co-sponsorship is required for the stat analysis.
Two more things:
1. birthday of Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is "null" should be 1952-12-2
2. gender of Stockman, Steve (Rep.) should be "male"
3. gender of Salmon, Matt (Rep.) should be "male"
Request: filter by congress_number (please!)
Thanks,
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:

I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is something more needed to run the analysis?

Let's start with what the analysis is:
http://www.govtrack.us/about/analysis#ideology
Thanks,
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info
On 03/04/2013 11:11 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Yeah I can see it now. So fast!
I see the "rolls" from all the congress though not just 93 and on - is something more needed to run the analysis?
Anyway, thanks so much for the incredibly fast response. If there's anywhere where I can leave an extremely positive feedback, please let me know, I'd love to.
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:

I hadn't run the analysis on historical data, but I'm running it now.
(93rd Congress and on, which is where bill data starts.)
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info
On 03/04/2013 10:23 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Ah thanks, I'll look that up.
Related question: is there leadership/partisanship data on past governments?
I can see the missed votes there but can't find eadership/partisanship data.
Thanks,
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:

In principle it would affect the end date of the last term, but before
about 2005 most of the end dates are just the end date of the Congress.
I think there's better info on that in one of the datasets here:
http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info
On 03/04/2013 08:53 AM, Maurizio wrote:

Hello Josh,
the historical data is very interesting. If a senator/representative passed away, is that date in the data? I can't seem to find it.
Thanks,
Maurizio
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@> wrote:

If you work with the historical data, please note that the people with
IDs 407328 and 408295 have been merged into 408295 since it was the same
person. This affects the 73rd Congress only.
For more details, see
https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/issues/38.
-- - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

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#1162

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Wed Mar 6, 2013 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: CSS to improve data vis of vote details?

tauberer

Thanks, Margie.

This should now be fixed. The dots were drawn too wide and were covering up other dots.

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 03/01/2013 11:31 PM, Margie Roswell wrote:

re:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h55

the
<span class="dot...
color swatches under "VOTE DETAILS" appear overridingly Red, which of course, they shouldn't.

Right now the red swatches are sitting on top of the blue ones in many cases. How can the CSS be modified so that there's properly more blue than red?

I haven't been able to figure it out. Maybe smarter minds will prevail.

(The bar chart CSS does a much better job of displaying appropriate party proportions than the span swatches under VOTE DETAILS.) (at least, that's the case in my browsers.)

Margie
--
http://FarmBillPrimer.org
http://www.BaltimoreUrbanAg.org
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Someone's queries to the votes API were bringing down my whole server,
> so I've disabled the two votes endpoints for the moment.
>
> MySQL wasn't optimizing a query very well, to say the least.
>
> --
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
>

#1163

From: "Daniel G. Gerber" <daniel.g.gerber@...>
Date: Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:10 pm
Subject: New version of vote ontology?

daniel.g.gerber@...

Hi,

Do you plan to release a new version of the vote ontology?

Govtrack raw data uses a property vote:votedBy. This is fine and needs one triple per cast ballot. However, the schema currently at http://www.govtrack.us/data/rdf/schemas/vote.rdf (dated Feb. 2005) defines a vote:Ballot class and no vote:votedBy property...

#1164

From: "Maurizio" <iluvmyannie4ever@...>
Date: Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:52 pm
Subject: prognosis data

Hello,

is the prognosis data available somewhere, as the sponsorship_analysis is
/stats/ ?
That would be great.

Thanks,

Annie

#1165

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:06 pm
Subject: API now returns vice presidents as well

tauberer

Heads up-

The GovTrack people API now returns vice presidents in addition to
Members of Congress and presidents. There is a new role_type
"vicepresident."

(Thanks to my staffer Gordon who loaded the data over at the
unitedstates/congress-legislators project.)

--
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

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#1166

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: prognosis data

tauberer

Hi Maurizio.

Sorry, it's not available. It's computed just when it needs to be
displayed, so it's not stored anywhere.

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 03/15/2013 02:52 PM, Maurizio wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is the prognosis data available somewhere, as the sponsorship_analysis is
/stats/ ?
> That would be great.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Annie
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

#1167

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:16 pm
Subject: Re: New version of vote ontology?

tauberer

Hi, Daniel.

No plans. None of the RDF data is currently maintained. (The last export was two years ago.)

If you're working on anything interesting using the RDF data, please post about it here. :)

Best,

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 03/15/2013 01:10 PM, Daniel G. Gerber wrote:

Hi,

Do you plan to release a new version of the vote ontology?

Govtrack raw data uses a property vote:votedBy. This is fine and needs one triple per cast ballot. However, the schema currently at http://www.govtrack.us/data/rdf/schemas/vote.rdf (dated Feb. 2005) defines a vote:Ballot class and no vote:votedBy property...

#1168

From: "abbottfleur" <abbottfleur@...>
Date: Sat Apr 6, 2013 7:10 pm
Subject: Data traversal

abbottfleur

I am new to your api data and was wondering if there were any methods to easily
get from CurrentMembers to a Specific member.. or from a committee to its
members or current bills?

I'm finding the returned json objects are not consistent depending upon which
api calls are used to access them.

Thanks
Abbott

#1169

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Sat Apr 6, 2013 8:21 pm
Subject: Re: Data traversal

tauberer

Hi Abbott,

The IDs are definitely consistent across APIs. Can you provide an example?

Committees are not currently available in the API (I just haven't gotten
around to it yet).

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 04/06/2013 03:10 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
> I am new to your api data and was wondering if there were any methods to
easily get from CurrentMembers to a Specific member.. or from a committee to its
members or current bills?
>
> I'm finding the returned json objects are not consistent depending upon which
api calls are used to access them.
>
> Thanks
> Abbott
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

#1170

From: "joechellman" <lists@...>
Date: Sun Apr 7, 2013 8:44 pm
Subject: Bill summaries in data files but not in the API

joechellman

Greetings,

I'm new to the API.  It's really handy, but I have a question: are bill
summaries left out of the Bill API intentionally?

Comparing the raw data file to the same bill returned by the API:

http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/113/bills/h624.xml
http://www.govtrack.us/api/v2/bill?bill_type=house_bill&number=624&congress=113

There's no summary.  I could use the XML file directly, but I'm hoping to stick
with JSON for what I'm building.  Is the summary absent to save bandwidth?

Thanks!
Joe

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#1171

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Mon Apr 8, 2013 12:51 pm
Subject: Re: Bill summaries in data files but not in the API

tauberer

Hi,

The summaries can get quite long. Summaries for appropriations bills are
longer than most bills. It doesn't really make sense to put this in the
same API.

I don't even load the summaries into my database, I just read it from
disk when it's needed. So it's not really API-able.

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 04/07/2013 04:44 PM, joechellman wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm new to the API.  It's really handy, but I have a question: are bill
summaries left out of the Bill API intentionally?
>
> Comparing the raw data file to the same bill returned by the API:
>
> http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/113/bills/h624.xml
>
http://www.govtrack.us/api/v2/bill?bill_type=house_bill&number=624&congress=113
>
> There's no summary.  I could use the XML file directly, but I'm hoping to
stick with JSON for what I'm building.  Is the summary absent to save bandwidth?
>
> Thanks!
> Joe
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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#1172

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Mon Apr 8, 2013 2:55 pm
Subject: GIS API - Breaking changes

tauberer

Hey guys,

I don't know if anyone is using the GIS API at gis.govtrack.us, but if
you are: some breaking changes were just deployed.

The API was based on my fork of another project. I've "unforked" to get
back on the main line of development, and as a result some of my local
changes were reverted. Apologies if this affects you.

Results for lists of boundaries no longer include slug, boundary_set, or
extent fields. The first two can be parsed from the url field. The third
can be gotten from making another API request for the individual boundary.

Results for a single boundary no longer include slug, boundary_set,
centroid, or label_point.

(See https://github.com/tauberer/boundaries_us for more.)

--
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

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#1173

From: Eric Mill <eric@...>
Date: Mon Apr 8, 2013 4:08 pm
Subject: Re: Bill summaries in data files but not in the API

konklone

If it's helpful, the Sunlight Congress API does have the official LOC-written bill summaries available as JSON. Josh is right on that the summaries can be very huge though - so if you use our Congress API, you'll have to specifically request the field, it's not returned by default.

-- Eric

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:

Hi,

The summaries can get quite long. Summaries for appropriations bills are
longer than most bills. It doesn't really make sense to put this in the
same API.

I don't even load the summaries into my database, I just read it from
disk when it's needed. So it's not really API-able.

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 04/07/2013 04:44 PM, joechellman wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm new to the API. �It's really handy, but I have a question: are bill summaries left out of the Bill API intentionally?
>
> Comparing the raw data file to the same bill returned by the API:
>
> http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/113/bills/h624.xml
> http://www.govtrack.us/api/v2/bill?bill_type=house_bill&number=624&congress=113
>
> There's no summary. �I could use the XML file directly, but I'm hoping to stick with JSON for what I'm building. �Is the summary absent to save bandwidth?
>
> Thanks!
> Joe
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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#1174

From: "abbottfleur" <abbottfleur@...>
Date: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:21 pm
Subject: Re: Data traversal

abbottfleur

I see where I got upended. When I did a CurrenttMembers query, the Member and
Person data returned were abbreviated versions (no id, just name and district).
If I do a query like this, how do I get to the actual Member / Role information?
As I have more time, Ill be traversing the data more vigorously.
Abbott
--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Abbott,
>
> The IDs are definitely consistent across APIs. Can you provide an example?
>
> Committees are not currently available in the API (I just haven't gotten
> around to it yet).
>
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
> On 04/06/2013 03:10 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
> > I am new to your api data and was wondering if there were any methods to
easily get from CurrentMembers to a Specific member.. or from a committee to its
members or current bills?
> >
> > I'm finding the returned json objects are not consistent depending upon
which api calls are used to access them.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Abbott
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

#1175

From: "abbottfleur" <abbottfleur@...>
Date: Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:25 pm
Subject: Re: Data traversal

abbottfleur

As a follow up, I see that Committees are returned as part of a bill request. EN
lieu of parsing all the bills to find all the committees (and ???
sub-committees), is thee a direct query that allows me to find a committee via
it's id ... and in turn, getting all its members?
Abbott

--- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Abbott,
>
> The IDs are definitely consistent across APIs. Can you provide an example?
>
> Committees are not currently available in the API (I just haven't gotten
> around to it yet).
>
> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>
> http://razor.occams.info
>
> On 04/06/2013 03:10 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
> > I am new to your api data and was wondering if there were any methods to
easily get from CurrentMembers to a Specific member.. or from a committee to its
members or current bills?
> >
> > I'm finding the returned json objects are not consistent depending upon
which api calls are used to access them.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Abbott
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

#1176

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:21 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Data traversal

tauberer

Hi, Abbot.

I've just added committee and committee membership API endpoints. So you
can find committees that way. For finding bills, you can filter using
committees=committee_id or committees=committee_id1|committee_id2|....

Best,

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 04/10/2013 07:25 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
> As a follow up, I see that Committees are returned as part of a bill request.
EN lieu of parsing all the bills to find all the committees (and ???
sub-committees), is thee a direct query that allows me to find a committee via
it's id ... and in turn, getting all its members?
> Abbott
>
> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>> Hi Abbott,
>>
>> The IDs are definitely consistent across APIs. Can you provide an example?
>>
>> Committees are not currently available in the API (I just haven't gotten
>> around to it yet).
>>
>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>>
>> http://razor.occams.info
>>
>> On 04/06/2013 03:10 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
>>> I am new to your api data and was wondering if there were any methods to
easily get from CurrentMembers to a Specific member.. or from a committee to its
members or current bills?
>>>
>>> I'm finding the returned json objects are not consistent depending upon
which api calls are used to access them.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Abbott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

#1177

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:22 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Data traversal

tauberer

> When I did a CurrenttMembers query, the Member and Person data returned were
abbreviated versions (no id, just name and district).

What URL?

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)

http://razor.occams.info

On 04/10/2013 04:21 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
> I see where I got upended. When I did a CurrenttMembers query, the Member and
Person data returned were abbreviated versions (no id, just name and district).
If I do a query like this, how do I get to the actual Member / Role information?
> As I have more time, Ill be traversing the data more vigorously.
> Abbott
> --- In govtrack@yahoogroups.com, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
>> Hi Abbott,
>>
>> The IDs are definitely consistent across APIs. Can you provide an example?
>>
>> Committees are not currently available in the API (I just haven't gotten
>> around to it yet).
>>
>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>>
>> http://razor.occams.info
>>
>> On 04/06/2013 03:10 PM, abbottfleur wrote:
>>> I am new to your api data and was wondering if there were any methods to
easily get from CurrentMembers to a Specific member.. or from a committee to its
members or current bills?
>>>
>>> I'm finding the returned json objects are not consistent depending upon
which api calls are used to access them.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Abbott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

#1178

From: "ijustwanttoposttoamailinglisthel" <islam.sharabash@...>
Date: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:02 am
Subject: congress directory over rsync not available

ijustwanttop...

I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a
symlink outside of the tree. I am new to rsync, so maybe I did something wrong,
but I wanted to let you guys know.
Please reply back to my email address.

p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my
birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!

#1179

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:54 pm
Subject: Re: congress directory over rsync not available

tauberer

Hi, Islam.

I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a symlink outside of the tree.

That's right. It's not possible to symlink that directory. It's not really supposed to be there.

If you browsed it over http, you may have noticed it is the output of the github:unitedstates/congress project. For a mirror of those files, see Eric Mill/Sunlight's mirror:
https://github.com/unitedstates/congress/wiki

p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!

I'm sorry?

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 04/25/2013 09:02 PM, ijustwanttoposttoamailinglisthel wrote:

I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a symlink outside of the tree. I am new to rsync, so maybe I did something wrong, but I wanted to let you guys know.
Please reply back to my email address.
p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!
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#1180

From: Islam Sharabash <islam.sharabash@...>
Date: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:13 pm
Subject: Re: congress directory over rsync not available

ijustwanttop...

Hi Josh,

Thanks for the link, also thanks for putting together govtrack, it's pretty awesome!

Cheers,

Islam

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:

Hi, Islam.

I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a symlink outside of the tree.

p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!

I'm sorry?

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 04/25/2013 09:02 PM, ijustwanttoposttoamailinglisthel wrote:

I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a symlink outside of the tree. I am new to rsync, so maybe I did something wrong, but I wanted to let you guys know.
Please reply back to my email address.

p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!



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#1181

From: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...>
Date: Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:56 pm
Subject: Re: congress directory over rsync not available

tauberer

Thanks!

- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info

On 04/26/2013 09:13 AM, Islam Sharabash wrote:

Hi Josh,

Thanks for the link, also thanks for putting together govtrack, it's pretty awesome!

Cheers,

Islam
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Josh Tauberer <tauberer@...> wrote:
Hi, Islam.
I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a symlink outside of the tree.
That's right. It's not possible to symlink that directory. It's not really supposed to be there.

If you browsed it over http, you may have noticed it is the output of the github:unitedstates/congress project. For a mirror of those files, see Eric Mill/Sunlight's mirror:
https://github.com/unitedstates/congress/wiki
p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!
I'm sorry?
- Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
http://razor.occams.info
On 04/25/2013 09:02 PM, ijustwanttoposttoamailinglisthel wrote:
I tried rsyncing into the congress directory but couldn't. It appears it's a symlink outside of the tree. I am new to rsync, so maybe I did something wrong, but I wanted to let you guys know.
Please reply back to my email address.

p.s. did you know to post to this list I had to auth with google, fill in my birthday, create an alias, join the group, fill in a captcha... ouch!



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#1182

From: "zhynes16" <zhynes16@...>
Date: Mon May 6, 2013 8:54 pm
Subject: Bill References in Older Congresses

zhynes16

Are the clean XML versions of bill full texts currently unavailable for
Congresses prior to the 108th Congress? I am trying to pull out the
cross-references to different parts of the U.S. Code with the external-xref tags
in the XML files, but it appears that the XML files are not in place for the
older Congresses.

Seems like the references take on a standard form that I can extract with a
regex search through the HTML files, but I was wondering if anyone else had
already done anything to extract these references and put them in a more
convenient form.

Thanks for your help!
-Zach