I am adding 108th congress to my parser, but noticed a difference from the 109th and 110th; there is no votes.all.index.xml. Is votes.index.xml the same,...
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tay199
Sep 19, 2007 6:27 pm
To draw my map, I'm using the shape file from the Census.gov site (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd110.html). The problem is, there are so many points on...
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Joshua Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 19, 2007 7:57 pm
... Hi, I changed the format of that file at the beginning of this year, and didn't recreate it for previous years. The file was really intended for my own...
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Rob Pierson
piersonr1
Sep 19, 2007 8:10 pm
When I last worked on creating a congressional district map with google maps you could only have about 500 points on a map. If the district you're working on...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 19, 2007 8:12 pm
... Usually better means more points. :) I often pre-process the polygons to remove points. You can remove points in two ways: - For any two points A and B, if...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 19, 2007 8:25 pm
... Just re-read my post and realized that should be "< -0.95" I think. The left hand side is the cosine of the angle. -- - Josh Tauberer ...
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tay199
Sep 19, 2007 11:48 pm
Ok, thanks for the help. I'll try these methods out, and let you know how it goes....
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activist-design@...
borderactions
Sep 20, 2007 1:07 am
Dear Gov Track E-mail Group Members; My name is Lee Siu Hin, national coordinator of the National Immigrant Solidarity Network (...
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SIUHIN@...
borderactions
Sep 20, 2007 1:16 am
Dear Gov Track E-mail Group Members: My name is Lee Siu Hin, national coordinator of the National Immigrant Solidarity Network...
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Michael Dale
cdalemx
Sep 20, 2007 1:22 am
I am interested in immigrant rights and tech activism. :) I have set up migrawatch.org for our local network of activists and community members. I also run...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 20, 2007 1:14 pm
Two quick notes about data changes: In bill XML files, Senate votes on cloture motions had been parsed as "vote" nodes since failed cloture motions usually...
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Tim McGhee
extension123
Sep 21, 2007 5:02 pm
Good Friday, transparency lovers. This morning, CNET blogger Caroline McCarthy posted the following article: Welcome to the Naked Generation ...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 21, 2007 8:15 pm
... I guess we're lucky that MoC's don't have lifetime appointments or you're probably right that it wouldn't do any good. The other part to the hope, though,...
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Chris Kinnan
bradentonmafia
Sep 24, 2007 1:00 am
There's some evidence that increased attention to earmarks has perversely increased their number. Check out: ...
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TML
xmiinc2k3
Sep 24, 2007 11:04 am
How about getting the FCC to exercise its statutory powers to begin at least having an open debate on the (seldom heard) 3rd alternative between private and...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 24, 2007 11:35 am
... That sounds like a good first step. Broadcasters are already required to have programming in the public interest, including education and news, and it...
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Neil Drumm
ndrumm3
Sep 27, 2007 6:42 pm
http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/108/bills.amdt/h522.xml "On agreeing to the Neal (MA) amendment (A001) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 228 (Roll no. 143)." ...
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Neil Drumm
ndrumm3
Sep 28, 2007 3:46 am
... Do you have an example of a bill which has been updated? How is the progress on this? ... What is the best way to find every vote associated with a bill? I...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 28, 2007 11:27 am
... S. 1257. But, I missed the precise language in the bill you mentioned (S. 2061/108: "Cloture motion on the motion to proceed") which is why that didn't get...
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tay199
Oct 10, 2007 7:54 am
Hi,...
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tay199
Oct 10, 2007 8:12 am
Hi, Just found this site today, www.politicalbase.com. It was started by the founders of cnet.com. They seem to have a lot of data on contributions, and...
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Aron Pilhofer
aronpilhofer
Oct 10, 2007 11:50 am
Interesting. Nice ideas in parts, a bit cluttered in others. I'm not sure over time the automation is going to hold up, but then there's so much going on...
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Neil Drumm
ndrumm3
Oct 24, 2007 2:37 am
Every day we: - Fetch bills.index.xml - Compare each bill's last action date to our copy, if different, a bill update is queued. - On bill update, the vote...
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Kevin Henry
severian43
Oct 24, 2007 6:15 am
Hey Neil, I think the easiest way to keep up to date is just to use rsync for both the bill and vote directories - it will automatically check the (file) dates...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Oct 24, 2007 10:53 am
... Right. For reference, the file data/us/110/votes.all.index.xml is in danger of being dropped. I dropped it in January, brought it back, and now I don't use...
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Neil Drumm
ndrumm3
Oct 24, 2007 6:53 pm
... Yes, I had been using this previously, but have removed dependence on it. Right now everything is run over HTTP. The main advantage is less to set up and...
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Kevin Henry
severian43
Oct 25, 2007 5:11 am
... You're probably right, it was many months ago that I ran into a problem and switched to wget, and I haven't tried it since. Kevin ...
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tay199
Oct 26, 2007 10:32 am
Hi, I'm thinking it might be cool to create a little flash map of the USA with the congressional districts. ...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Oct 26, 2007 11:48 pm
... Googling "convert shp svg" comes up with some things. If that doesn't work, post again --- I can easily create a file like that. By the way, if anyone is...
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tay199
Oct 27, 2007 10:11 pm
Josh, I would be very happy to hear your ideas, and everyone's ideas. Below is a basic spec for what I'm building. It would be great to add your thoughts. ...
