Josh et al: Is there someplace that HTML version of house bills (eg: HR3200) are available with fixed URLs? I'd like to massage the main table of contents to...
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Ilan Rabinovitch
irabinovitch...
Aug 6, 2009 9:08 pm
Hello, Will anyone from the list be attending Transparency Camp this weekend in Mountain View? Regards, Ilan...
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kimo
kimocrossman1
Aug 7, 2009 6:07 pm
While not entirely, I did see the attendee list and it looked to me like a lot of people (commentators and entrepreneurs) that have not been traditionally...
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potluckgabe
Aug 7, 2009 6:07 pm
Harvey, This format works for me for linking to bills on Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR861: ...
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Jeff Fischer
jeffreymfischer
Aug 7, 2009 6:08 pm
Harvey/anyone, If you acquired the answer to this question, I'd appreciate the knowledge sharing. Thanks, Jeff To: govtrack@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Harvey S. Frey
hsfrey
Aug 7, 2009 6:32 pm
Thanks Gabe: Yes, that works to always get to the Main page for the bill, which will always have valid current links to the actual text sections, but THOSE...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 7, 2009 7:55 pm
Hey, Harvey. ... From the government or from GovTrack? From the government, not as far as I've seen. See govtrack's developer section and the "data" directory...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 7, 2009 7:57 pm
I'll be there. Looking forward to meeting you and anyone else. :) - Josh Tauberer - GovTrack.us http://razor.occams.info "Yields falsehood when preceded by its...
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Harvey S. Frey
hsfrey
Aug 7, 2009 9:58 pm
Hi Josh: I found a reference to HR3200 on your data.xpd page, but I was unable to find links to the actual text. If you mirror the Thomas site and have...
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Derek Willis
derekpwillis
Aug 7, 2009 10:50 pm
Thomas created a new system for permanent bill "handlers"; earlier this year: an example: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110s254 Details at...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 7, 2009 10:52 pm
The biggest downside for XML is that not all bills are drafted in XML, and some of the most important bills have been among the ones drafted in their legacy...
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Harvey S. Frey
hsfrey
Aug 7, 2009 11:03 pm
Derek: Like the other suggestions, it is only the MAIN link which is constant. If you drill down to look at the actual text, you get a temporary link, eg: in...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 7, 2009 11:07 pm
http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/111/h/h3200.html (latest version) You'll have to browse this list to see what particular versions are also available:...
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Harvey S. Frey
hsfrey
Aug 7, 2009 11:28 pm
Josh: Thanks. At least all the text is there in one file. In order to satisfy my desire to have links direct to specific sections, I'd still have to write a...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 7, 2009 11:41 pm
Well if you come up with a new tool I'd be happy to host it. Have you see the bill text view on GovTrack since January-ish? It has some new permalinking...
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Ilan Rabinovitch
irabinovitch...
Aug 8, 2009 11:42 am
I had planned to attend, but some personal matters have delayed my drive up to the point where it likely doesn't make sense to attend. I might still drive up...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 12, 2009 10:21 pm
Hi, all. I'm upgrading GovTrack's hardware soon. In the next few days the site will go down... and then some time later will come back up. Since Congress is on...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Aug 14, 2009 9:43 pm
Hi, all. GovTrack is on a new server that ought to be about 4 times more powerful than the last one. Dual quad core and tons of RAM. If you run into any...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 9, 2009 12:42 pm
Hi all. I've just changed the format of people.xml. It's been bugging me for a few years. The old people.xml in data/us/SESSION/repstats continues to exist but...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 16, 2009 3:00 pm
FYI, I've formed a company called Civic Impulse (civicimpulse.com) and GovTrack is (hereby) now a project of that company. -- - Josh Tauberer - GovTrack.us ...
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Marcos Medrano
marcosmedrano0
Sep 16, 2009 3:38 pm
Congrats Josh! and good luck! greets from Argentina, Marcos....
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Frank Stovicek
dcifrank
Sep 16, 2009 3:38 pm
That's awesome! Congrats on moving your endeavors forward, Josh. ________________________________ From: govtrack@yahoogroups.com...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Sep 18, 2009 9:39 am
Thanks, Marcos and Frank! - Josh Tauberer - CivicImpulse http://razor.occams.info http://www.civicimpulse.com "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation!...
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davidnyc999
Sep 24, 2009 9:56 am
Hi all, I am working on a research project and am looking for a coder to assist. I have a CSV file with individual address records that also contain latitude &...
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David Airey
airey3
Sep 24, 2009 8:24 pm
of course I'll help if I can David Airey, aka, MrWonderful ... From: davidnyc999 <davidnyc@...> Subject: [govtrack] Seeking coder for research project...
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Jesus Christ
john_factorial
Nov 18, 2009 12:03 pm
Hello, I'm reading the bill XML file wiki at http://wiki.govtrack.us/index.php?title=Bill_XML and I have two questions: 1. When a <status> element's child node...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Nov 18, 2009 12:48 pm
... It'll be the same as the first character of the type attribute. Don't forget resolutions ("hr", "hc", "hj"). ... For bills, there is a delay. It may go to...
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Jesus Christ
john_factorial
Nov 21, 2009 6:37 pm
Are there any plans for adding a state code that signifies debate has ended and a call for a vote has been made? There seems to be a gap between state codes...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Nov 21, 2009 9:46 pm
In my experience, if a bill moves past being reported it moves very fast to being voted on. Here are some statistics for the current congress. Out of the 338...
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Margie Roswell
margieroswell
Dec 11, 2009 4:40 am
from the poliparse email list. ... From: Steven Clift <clift@...> Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:08 PM Subject: [poliparse] Share Your Tools for...
