Thanks! I had to do the same thing with my own scrapers. :) -- Eric...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Jan 30, 2011 2:33 pm
This probably was updated on THOMAS after I last scanned the 111th Congress in early January. I've rescanned the 111th. Thanks. - Josh Tauberer - CivicImpulse...
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Eric Mill
konklone
Jan 29, 2011 7:45 pm
Hmm, I see what you mean. But it's still a <vote> anyway though, right? Even if part of it got "deemed" agreed to pursuant to some rule resolution, and the...
967
Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Jan 29, 2011 6:57 pm
This is a weird one. They considered two parts of the bill separately, with the roll call relevant to only one part. I think this is beyond what I can mark...
966
Eric Mill
konklone
Jan 26, 2011 9:16 pm
Hi, Quick bug report - S 4058 from the 111th Congress was signed and became a public law, but the GovTrack list of actions stops after "Signed by President",...
965
Eric Mill
konklone
Jan 16, 2011 6:18 pm
Caught one on the vote to raise the federal debt ceiling last session: http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/111/bills/hj45.xml The House had a roll call vote that is...
964
Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Jan 12, 2011 1:38 pm
I've got no insight on that one. Keep in mind the House and Senate may use the fields differently. - Josh Tauberer - CivicImpulse http://razor.occams.info ...
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Eric Mill
konklone
Jan 10, 2011 8:01 pm
Is there any difference between an amendment's description and purpose? Even when they are technically different, it only seems to be by a slight rephrasing. ...
962
andy51488
Jan 8, 2011 5:09 pm
You guys are awesome. Thank you very much!...
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Luigi Montanez
luigi.montanez
Jan 8, 2011 4:02 pm
You need to specify your local filename at the end of the command: rsync -azv --progress --stats govtrack.us::govtrackdata/us/112/people.xml people.xml...
960
Yannick Assogba
yannick.assogba
Jan 8, 2011 4:02 pm
I think you need a target path as the final argument to rsync. So for example 'rsync -azv --progress --stats govtrack.us::govtrackdata/us/112/people.xml .'...
959
luigi.montanez
Jan 8, 2011 4:02 pm
The command needs your local filename at the end: rsync -azv --progress --stats govtrack.us::govtrackdata/us/112/people.xml people.xml - Luigi...
... What does your rsync command look like and does the resulting output look like? -- David Steinbrunner...
956
andy51488
Jan 7, 2011 8:24 pm
Hi all, New to the group - building a site that encourages interaction while still being an information source. I've been trying to use rsync on the data for...
955
Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Jan 6, 2011 6:17 pm
And now we have the first batch of bills from yesterday's legislative day up and fully parsed (so far as there weren't any errors). - Josh Tauberer -...
954
Derek Willis
derekpwillis
Jan 6, 2011 3:48 pm
Well, DeFazio was just sworn in, so now it's correct :-) On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:47 AM, David Steinbrunner...
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David Steinbrunner
elementcarbon
Jan 6, 2011 3:47 pm
... So the Clerk's site currently saying 0 vacancies is technically not correct it seems. In the subject of vacancy data, having a sworn in date or datetime...
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David Steinbrunner
elementcarbon
Jan 6, 2011 3:39 pm
... Ok, looking at other examples in my speardsheets I'm seeing how vacancies and day of taking office appear to account for most of the issue but I'm not done...
951
Derek Willis
derekpwillis
Jan 6, 2011 3:05 pm
I've contacted the Clerk's office before about this issue but it's still there, so take that for what it's worth. I should note that in Gary Miller's case, as...
950
Derek Willis
derekpwillis
Jan 5, 2011 2:58 pm
Now I remember this situation - the Clerk's office did not publish Gary Miller's votes in the initial portion of the 111th congress. He did vote, but the...
949
David Steinbrunner
elementcarbon
Jan 5, 2011 2:46 pm
... Early on I thought I had an off by one in my determining the date stuff myself but my findings, at least in this case, show that it is not the issue. I...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Jan 5, 2011 4:16 am
Hey all. Thanks to some help from Jeffrey and Emilie at MAPLight, the two people.xml files are updated for the 112th Congress (the current-only people.xml file...
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Josh Tauberer
tauberer
Jan 5, 2011 4:11 am
Thanks for looking so closely into this everyone. Everything sounded ... That doesn't sound right. (I'm assuming there were votes in the intervening time...
946
David Steinbrunner
elementcarbon
Jan 4, 2011 3:30 pm
... Well I did find an issue which cleans my results up a bit. My code was not expecting votes that did not contain the typical vote keys. This clears up my...
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Eric Mill
konklone
Jan 3, 2011 11:11 pm
On HR 2965, both the final roll call vote in the House and Senate appear as <action> tags: http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/111/bills/h2965.xml -- Eric...
944
jeffdircksen
Jan 3, 2011 11:11 pm
I've tried importing the roll call data into both Excel and Access without much luck. Anyone know of a programmer who knows Access and who can work with XML...
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Derek Willis
derekpwillis
Jan 3, 2011 4:56 pm
Steve's answer is good, but permit me to elaborate: In the WaPo db (which I helped build), there are the following options for a member's vote: 1. Yes/No 2....
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Steve Toub
stoub
Jan 3, 2011 4:41 pm
Hi David-- I struggled with this stuff as well when I was QAing some vote data. I'm not up on all the rules and jargon but in my mind I eventually assume the...
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David Steinbrunner
elementcarbon
Jan 3, 2011 3:40 pm
Hello, I have recently started working with the govtrack data, so I would like to start out by saying thanks for the great resource. While working with the...
