ProPublica Congress (Independent Publisher) (Preview)

Using the Congress API, you can retrieve legislative data from the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Library of Congress. The API, which originated at The New York Times in 2009, includes details about members, votes, bills, nominations and other aspects of congressional activity.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service	Class	Regions
Logic Apps	Standard	All Logic Apps regions except the following:      -   Azure Government regions      -   Azure China regions      -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Automate	Premium	All Power Automate regions except the following:      -   US Government (GCC)      -   US Government (GCC High)      -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet      -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Apps	Premium	All Power Apps regions except the following:      -   US Government (GCC)      -   US Government (GCC High)      -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet      -   US Department of Defense (DoD)

Contact
Name	Troy Taylor
URL	https://www.hitachisolutions.com
Email	ttaylor@hitachisolutions.com

Connector Metadata
Publisher	Troy Taylor, Hitachi Solutions
Website	https://projects.propublica.org/api-docs/congress-api/
Privacy policy	https://www.propublica.org/legal/
Categories	Data

Creating a connection

The connector supports the following authentication types:

Default	Parameters for creating connection.	All regions	Not shareable

Default

Applicable: All regions

Parameters for creating connection.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name	Type	Description	Required
API Key	securestring	The API Key for this api	True

Throttling Limits

Name	Calls	Renewal Period
API calls per connection	100	60 seconds

Actions

Compare two members' bill sponsorships	This action compares bill sponsorship between two members who served in the same Congress and chamber.
Compare two members vote positions	This action compares two members' vote positions in a particular Congress and chamber. Responses include four calculated values, showing the number and percentage of votes in which the members took the same position or opposing positions.
Get a list of members	To get a list of members of a particular chamber in a particular Congress, use the following URI structure. The results include all members who have served in that congress and chamber, including members who are no longer in office. To filter the list to only active members (or to see members who have left), use the in office attribute.
Get a specific bill	This action gets details about a particular bill, including actions taken and votes. The attributes house_passage_vote and senate_passage_vote are populated (with the date of passage) only upon successful passage of the bill.
Get a specific committee	This action gets information about a single Senate or House committee, including the members of that committee.
Get a specific lobbying representation filing	This action gets a specific lobbying representation filing.
Get a specific member	This action gets biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress.
Get a specific member's vote positions	This action gets the most recent vote positions for a specific member of the House of Representatives or Senate.
Get a specific nomination	This action gets details about a particular presidential civilian nomination.
Get a specific roll call vote	This action gets a specific roll-call vote, including a complete list of member positions.
Get a specific subcommittee	This action gets information about a single Senate or House subcommittee, including the members of that subcommittee.
Get amendments for a specific bill	This action gets Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.
Get cosponsors for a specific bill	This action gets information about the cosponsors of a particular bill.
Get current members by state or district	This action gets biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress.
Get hearings for a specific committee	This actions gets a list of hearings for a specific Senate or House committee.
Get House and Senate floor actions by date	This action gets actions from the House or Senate floor on a particular date.
Get list of committees	This action gets a list of Senate, House or joint committees, including their subcommittees.
Get members leaving office	This action gets a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so.
Get new members	This action gets a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress.
Get quarterly office expenses by a specific house member	The House of Representatives publishes quarterly reports detailing official office expenses by lawmakers. The Congress API has data beginning in the third quarter of 2009. The most recent quarter may not be available until several months after it ends.
Get quarterly office expenses by category for a specific house member	The House of Representatives publishes quarterly reports detailing official office expenses by lawmakers. The Congress API has data beginning in the third quarter of 2009. This action gets the amount a given lawmaker spent during a specified year and quarter in a specified category.
Get quarterly office expenses for a specific category	This action gets the amount spent by individual lawmakers in a specified category during a specified year and quarter by category.
Get recent bills	This action gets summaries of the 20 most recent bills by type. For the current Congress, recent bills can be one of four types (see the descriptions below). For previous Congresses, recent bills means the last 20 bills of that Congress.
Get recent bills by a specific member	This action gets the 20 bills most recently introduced or updated by a particular member.
Get recent bills by a specific subject	This action gets the 20 most recently updated bills for a specific legislative subject. Results can include more than one Congress.
Get recent committee hearings	This action gets a list of 20 upcoming Senate or House committee meetings.
Get recent House and Senate floor actions	This action gets the latest actions from the House or Senate floor.
Get recent lobbying representation filings	This action gets the most recent lobbying representation filings.
Get recent official communications	This action gets lists of official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees.
Get recent official communications by category	This action gets lists of official communications to Congress in a specific category. It returns the 20 most recent results for the specified type: ec (Executive Communication), pm (Presidential Message) or pom (Petition or Memorial).
Get recent official communications by date	This action gets lists of official communications to Congress on a specific date.
Get recent personal explanations	This actions gets lists of personal explanations. Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. These explanations can refer to a single vote or to multiple votes.
Get recent personal explanations by a specific member	This action gets recent personal explanations by a specific member.
Get recent privately funded trips	This action gets a list of privately funded trips reported by all House members and staff in a particular Congress.
Get recent privately funded trips by a specific house member	This action gets a list of privately funded trips reported by a specific House member, including staff travel, in a particular Congress.
Get recent votes	This action returns recent votes from the House, Senate or both chambers. It returns the 20 most recent results, sorted by date and roll call number, and you can paginate through votes using the offset query string parameter that accepts multiples of 20.
Get related bills for a specific bill	This action gets Library of Congress-identified related bills for a particular bill. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.
Get Senate nomination votes	This action gets Senate votes on presidential nominations. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.
Get subjects for a specific bill	This action gets Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.
Get upcoming bills	This action gets details on bills that may be considered by the House or Senate in the near future, based on scheduled published or announced by congressional leadership. The bills and their potential consideration are taken from the House Majority Leader and floor updates from Senate Republicans.
Get votes by date	This action gets all votes in a particular date range (fewer than 30 days).
Get votes by type	This action returns vote information in four categories: missed votes, party votes, lone no votes and perfect votes.
Search bills	This action searches the title and full text of legislation by keyword to get the 20 most recent bills. Searches cover House and Senate bills from the 113th Congress through the current Congress (117th). If multiple words are given (e.g. query=health care) the search is treated as multiple keywords using the OR operator. Quoting the words (e.g. query="health care") makes it a phrase search. Search results can be sorted by date (the default) or by relevance, and in ascending or descending order.
Search lobbying representation filings	This actions gets the 20 most recent lobbying representation filings for a given search term.

Compare two members' bill sponsorships

Operation ID:

MemberGetBill

This action compares bill sponsorship between two members who served in the same Congress and chamber.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
First Member ID	first-member-id	True	string	The ID of the member to retrieve.
Second Member ID	second-member-id	True	string	The ID of the member to retrieve.
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
First Member API Uri	results.first_member_api_uri	string	The API Uri of the first member.
Second Member API Uri	results.second_member_api_uri	string	The API Uri of the second member.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Common Bills	results.common_bills	string	The common bills.
Bills	results.bills	array of object
Number	results.bills.number	string	The number.
API URI	results.bills.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Title	results.bills.title	string	The title.
Sponsor Uri	results.bills.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.bills.introduced_date	string	The introduced date.
Cosponsors	results.bills.cosponsors	string	The cosponsors.
Committees	results.bills.committees	string	The committees.
Latest Major Action Date	results.bills.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.bills.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.
First Member Date	results.bills.first_member_date	string	The first member date.
Second Member Date	results.bills.second_member_date	string	The second member date.

Compare two members vote positions

Operation ID:

MemberGetVotePositions

This action compares two members' vote positions in a particular Congress and chamber. Responses include four calculated values, showing the number and percentage of votes in which the members took the same position or opposing positions.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
First Member ID	first-member-id	True	string	The ID of the member to retrieve.
Second Member ID	second-member-id	True	string	The ID of the member to retrieve.
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
First Member ID	results.first_member_id	string	The unique identifier of the first member.
First Member API Uri	results.first_member_api_uri	string	The API Uri of the first member.
Second Member ID	results.second_member_id	string	The unique identifier of the second member.
Second Member API Uri	results.second_member_api_uri	string	The API Uri of the second member.
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Common Votes	results.common_votes	string	The common votes.
Disagree Votes	results.disagree_votes	string	The Disagree votes.
Agree Percentage	results.agree_percent	string	The Agree percentage.
Disagree Percentage	results.disagree_percent	string	The Disagree percentage.

Get a list of members

Operation ID:

MemberGet

To get a list of members of a particular chamber in a particular Congress, use the following URI structure. The results include all members who have served in that congress and chamber, including members who are no longer in office. To filter the list to only active members (or to see members who have left), use the in office attribute.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
In Office	in_office		boolean	Whether an active member or member who has left.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Members	results.members	array of object
ID	results.members.id	string	The unique identifier.
Title	results.members.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.members.short_title	string	The short title.
API URI	results.members.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
First Name	results.members.first_name	string	The first name.
Middle Name	results.members.middle_name	string	The middle name.
Last Name	results.members.last_name	string	The last name.
Suffix	results.members.suffix	string	The suffix.
Date Of Birth	results.members.date_of_birth	string	The date of birth.
Gender	results.members.gender	string	The gender.
Party	results.members.party	string	The party affiliation.
Leadership Role	results.members.leadership_role	string	The leadership role.
Twitter Account	results.members.twitter_account	string	The Twitter account.
Facebook Account	results.members.facebook_account	string	The Facebook account.
YouTube Account	results.members.youtube_account	string	The YouTube account.
Govtrack ID	results.members.govtrack_id	string	The Govtrack identifier.
CSPAN ID	results.members.cspan_id	string	The CSPAN identifier.
Votesmart ID	results.members.votesmart_id	string	The Votesmart identifier.
ICPSR ID	results.members.icpsr_id	string	The ICPSR identifier.
CRP ID	results.members.crp_id	string	The CRP identifier.
Google Entity ID	results.members.google_entity_id	string	The Google Entity identifier.
FEC Candidate ID	results.members.fec_candidate_id	string	The FEC Candidate identifier.
URL	results.members.url	string	The URL address.
RSS URL	results.members.rss_url	string	The RSS URL.
Contact Form	results.members.contact_form	string	The contact form.
In Office	results.members.in_office	boolean	Whether in office or not.
Cook PVI	results.members.cook_pvi	string	The Cook PVI.
DW-NOMINATE	results.members.dw_nominate	float	The DW-NOMINATE score.
Ideal Point	results.members.ideal_point	string	The ideal point.
Seniority	results.members.seniority	string	The seniority.
Next Election	results.members.next_election	string	The next election.
Total Votes	results.members.total_votes	integer	The number of total votes.
Missed Votes	results.members.missed_votes	integer	The number of missed votes.
Total Present	results.members.total_present	integer	The total present.
Last Updated	results.members.last_updated	string	When last updated .
OCD ID	results.members.ocd_id	string	The OCD ID.
Office	results.members.office	string	The office.
Phone	results.members.phone	string	The phone number.
Fax	results.members.fax	string	The fax number.
State	results.members.state	string	The state.
Senate Class	results.members.senate_class	string	The Senate class.
State Rank	results.members.state_rank	string	The state rank.
LIS ID	results.members.lis_id	string	The LIS identifier.
Missed Votes Percentage	results.members.missed_votes_pct	float	The percentage of missed votes.
Votes With Party Percentage	results.members.votes_with_party_pct	float	The percentage of votes with party.
Votes Against Party Percentage	results.members.votes_against_party_pct	float	The percentage of votes against party.

Get a specific bill

Operation ID:

BillGet

This action gets details about a particular bill, including actions taken and votes. The attributes house_passage_vote and senate_passage_vote are populated (with the date of passage) only upon successful passage of the bill.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Bill ID	bill-id	True	string	A bill slug.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Bill ID	results.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Bill	results.bill	string	The bill.
Bill Type	results.bill_type	string	The bill type.
Number	results.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bill_uri	string	The Uri address of the bill.
Title	results.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.short_title	string	The short title.
Sponsor Title	results.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor	results.sponsor	string	The sponsor.
Sponsor ID	results.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri address of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
GPO PDF Uri	results.gpo_pdf_uri	string	The Uri address of the GPO PDF.
Congress.gov URL	results.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Govtrack URL	results.govtrack_url	string	The Govtrack URL.
Introduced Date	results.introduced_date	string	The date introduced.
Active	results.active	boolean	Whether active.
Last Vote	results.last_vote	string	The last vote.
House Passage	results.house_passage	string	The House passage.
Senate Passage	results.senate_passage	string	The Senate passage.
Enacted	results.enacted	string	When enacted.
Vetoed	results.vetoed	string	When vetoed.
Cosponsors	results.cosponsors	integer	The cosponsors.
Republicans	results.cosponsors_by_party.R	integer	The number of Republicans.
Democrats	results.cosponsors_by_party.D	integer	The number of Democrats.
Independents	results.cosponsors_by_party.I	integer	The number of Independents.
Withdrawn Cosponsors	results.withdrawn_cosponsors	integer	The number of withdrawn cosponsors.
Primary Subject	results.primary_subject	string	The primary subject.
Committees	results.committees	string	The committees.
Committee Codes	results.committee_codes	array of string
Subcommittee Codes	results.subcommittee_codes	array of string
Latest Major Action Date	results.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.
House Passage Vote	results.house_passage_vote	string	The House passage vote.
Senate Passage Vote	results.senate_passage_vote	string	The Senate passage vote.
Summary	results.summary	string	The summary.
Summary Short	results.summary_short	string	The short summary.
CBO Estimate URL	results.cbo_estimate_url	string	The URL address of the CBO estimate.
Versions	results.versions	array of object
Status	results.versions.status	string	The status.
Title	results.versions.title	string	The title.
URL	results.versions.url	string	The URL address.
Congress.gov URL	results.versions.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Actions	results.actions	array of object
ID	results.actions.id	integer	The unique identifier.
Chamber	results.actions.chamber	string	The chamber.
Action Type	results.actions.action_type	string	The action type.
Date-time	results.actions.datetime	string	The date-time.
Description	results.actions.title	string	The description.
Presidential Statements	results.presidential_statements	array of string
Votes	results.votes	array of object
Chamber	results.votes.chamber	string	The chamber.
Date	results.votes.date	string	The date.
Time	results.votes.time	string	The time.
Roll Call	results.votes.roll_call	string	The roll call.
Question	results.votes.question	string	The question.
Result	results.votes.result	string	The result.
Total Yes	results.votes.total_yes	integer	The Yes total.
Total No	results.votes.total_no	integer	The No total.
Total Not Voting	results.votes.total_not_voting	integer	The Not Voting total.
API URL	results.votes.api_url	string	The URL address of the API.

Get a specific committee

Operation ID:

CommitteeGetA

This action gets information about a single Senate or House committee, including the members of that committee.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Committee ID	committee-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the committee.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.name	string	The name.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Chair	results.chair	string	The chair.
Chair ID	results.chair_id	string	The unique identifier of the chair.
Chair Party	results.chair_party	string	The party of the chair.
Chair State	results.chair_state	string	The state of the chair.
Ranking Member ID	results.ranking_member_id	string	The unique identifier of the ranking member.
Current Members	results.current_members	array of object
ID	results.current_members.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.current_members.name	string	The name.
API URI	results.current_members.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Party	results.current_members.party	string	The party affiliation.
Chamber	results.current_members.chamber	string	The chamber.
Side	results.current_members.side	string	The side.
Rank In Party	results.current_members.rank_in_party	integer	The rank in party.
State	results.current_members.state	string	The state.
Note	results.current_members.note	string	Any notes.
Begin Date	results.current_members.begin_date	string	The begin date.
Former Members	results.former_members	array of object
ID	results.former_members.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.former_members.name	string	The name.
Party	results.former_members.party	string	The party affiliation.
Chamber	results.former_members.chamber	string	The chamber.
State	results.former_members.state	string	The state.
Note	results.former_members.note	string	Any notes.
Begin Date	results.former_members.begin_date	string	The begin date.
End Date	results.former_members.end_date	string	The end date.
URL	results.former_members.url	string	The URL address.
Subcommittees	results.subcommittees	array of object
ID	results.subcommittees.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.subcommittees.name	string	The name.
API URI	results.subcommittees.api_uri	string	The API Uri.

Get a specific lobbying representation filing

Operation ID:

LobbyingGetA

This action gets a specific lobbying representation filing.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
ID	id	True	string	The unique identifier.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Name	results.lobbying_client.name	string	The name.
General Description	results.lobbying_client.general_description	string	The general description.
Name	results.lobbying_registrant.name	string	The name.
General Description	results.lobbying_registrant.general_description	string	The general description.
In-house	results.inhouse	string	The in-house.
Signed Date	results.signed_date	string	The signed date.
Effective Date	results.effective_date	string	The effective date.
XML Filename	results.xml_filename	string	The XML filename.
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Specific Issues	results.specific_issues	array of string
Report Type	results.report_type	string	The report type.
Report Year	results.report_year	string	The report year.
Senate ID	results.senate_id	string	The Senate unique identifier.
House ID	results.house_id	string	The House unique identifier.
Filings	results.filings	array of object
Filing Date	results.filings.filing_date	string	The filing date.
Report Year	results.filings.report_year	string	The report year.
Report Type	results.filings.report_type	string	The report type.
PDF URL	results.filings.pdf_url	string	The URL address of the PDF.
Lobbyists	results.lobbyists	array of object
Name	results.lobbyists.name	string	The name.
Covered Position	results.lobbyists.covered_position	string	The covered position.

Get a specific member

Operation ID:

MemberGetA

This action gets biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Member ID	results.member_id	string	The member identifier.
First Name	results.first_name	string	The first name.
Middle Name	results.middle_name	string	The middle name.
Last Name	results.last_name	string	The last name.
Suffix	results.suffix	string	The suffix.
Date Of Birth	results.date_of_birth	string	The date of birth.
Gender	results.gender	string	The gender.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Times Topics URL	results.times_topics_url	string	The Times Topics URL address.
Times Tag	results.times_tag	string	The Times tag.
Govtrack ID	results.govtrack_id	string	The Govtrack identifier.
CSPAN ID	results.cspan_id	string	The CSPAN identifier.
Votesmart ID	results.votesmart_id	string	The Votesmart identifier.
ICPSR ID	results.icpsr_id	string	The ICPSR identifier.
Twitter Account	results.twitter_account	string	The Twitter account.
Facebook Account	results.facebook_account	string	The Facebook account.
YouTube Account	results.youtube_account	string	The YouTube account.
CRP ID	results.crp_id	string	The CRP identifier.
Google Entity ID	results.google_entity_id	string	The Google Entity identifier.
RSS URL	results.rss_url	string	The RSS URL address.
In Office	results.in_office	boolean	Whether in office or not.
Current Party	results.current_party	string	The current party.
Most Recent Vote	results.most_recent_vote	string	The most recent vote.
Last Updated	results.last_updated	string	When last updated.
Roles	results.roles	array of object
Congress	results.roles.congress	string	The Congress session.
Chamber	results.roles.chamber	string	The chamber.
Title	results.roles.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.roles.short_title	string	The short title.
State	results.roles.state	string	The state.
Party	results.roles.party	string	The party affiliation.
Leadership Role	results.roles.leadership_role	string	The leadership role.
FEC Candidate ID	results.roles.fec_candidate_id	string	The FEC Candidate identifier.
Seniority	results.roles.seniority	string	The seniority.
District	results.roles.district	string	The district.
At Large	results.roles.at_large	boolean	Whether at large or not.
OCD ID	results.roles.ocd_id	string	The OCD ID.
Start Date	results.roles.start_date	string	The start date.
End Date	results.roles.end_date	string	The end date.
Office	results.roles.office	string	The office.
Phone	results.roles.phone	string	The phone number.
Fax	results.roles.fax	string	The fax number.
Contact Form	results.roles.contact_form	string	The contact form.
Cook PVI	results.roles.cook_pvi	string	The Cook PVI.
DW-NOMINATE	results.roles.dw_nominate	float	The DW-NOMINATE score.
Ideal Point	results.roles.ideal_point	string	The Ideal point.
Next Election	results.roles.next_election	string	The next election.
Total Votes	results.roles.total_votes	integer	The number of total votes.
Missed Votes	results.roles.missed_votes	integer	The number of missed votes.
Total Present	results.roles.total_present	integer	The total present.
Senate Class	results.roles.senate_class	string	The Senate class.
State Rank	results.roles.state_rank	string	The state rank.
LIS ID	results.roles.lis_id	string	The LIS identifier.
Bills Sponsored	results.roles.bills_sponsored	integer	The number of bills sponsored.
Bills Cosponsored	results.roles.bills_cosponsored	integer	The number of bills cosponsored.
Missed Votes Percentage	results.roles.missed_votes_pct	float	The percentage of missed votes.
Votes With Party Percentage	results.roles.votes_with_party_pct	float	The percentage of votes with party.
Votes Against Party Percentage	results.roles.votes_against_party_pct	float	The percentage of votes against party.
Committees	results.roles.committees	array of object
Name	results.roles.committees.name	string	The name.
Code	results.roles.committees.code	string	The code.
API URI	results.roles.committees.api_uri	string	The API Uri address.
Side	results.roles.committees.side	string	The side.
Title	results.roles.committees.title	string	The title.
Rank In Party	results.roles.committees.rank_in_party	integer	The rank in party.
Begin Date	results.roles.committees.begin_date	string	The begin date.
End Date	results.roles.committees.end_date	string	The end date.
Subcommittees	results.roles.subcommittees	array of object
Name	results.roles.subcommittees.name	string	The name.
Code	results.roles.subcommittees.code	string	The code.
Parent Committee ID	results.roles.subcommittees.parent_committee_id	string	The parent committee identifier.
API URI	results.roles.subcommittees.api_uri	string	The API Uri address.
Side	results.roles.subcommittees.side	string	The side.
Title	results.roles.subcommittees.title	string	The title.
Rank In Party	results.roles.subcommittees.rank_in_party	integer	The rank in party.
Begin Date	results.roles.subcommittees.begin_date	string	The begin date.
End Date	results.roles.subcommittees.end_date	string	The end date.

Get a specific member's vote positions

Operation ID:

MemberGetVote

This action gets the most recent vote positions for a specific member of the House of Representatives or Senate.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Member ID	results.member_id	string	The member identifier.
Total Votes	results.total_votes	string	The total votes.
Offset	results.offset	string	The requested pagination offset.
Votes	results.votes	array of object
Member ID	results.votes.member_id	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Chamber	results.votes.chamber	string	The chamber.
Congress	results.votes.congress	string	The Congress session.
Session	results.votes.session	string	The session.
Roll Call	results.votes.roll_call	string	The roll call.
Vote Uri	results.votes.vote_uri	string	The vote Uri.
Bill ID	results.votes.bill.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Number	results.votes.bill.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.votes.bill.bill_uri	string	The bill Uri.
Title	results.votes.bill.title	string	The title.
Latest Action	results.votes.bill.latest_action	string	The latest action.
Description	results.votes.title	string	The description.
Question	results.votes.question	string	The question.
Result	results.votes.result	string	The result.
Date	results.votes.date	string	The date.
Time	results.votes.time	string	The time.
Yes	results.votes.total.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.total.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.total.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.total.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Position	results.votes.position	string	The position.

Get a specific nomination

Operation ID:

NominationGet

This action gets details about a particular presidential civilian nomination.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Nominee ID	nominee-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the nominee, beginning with PN - for example, PN675.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	integer	The Congressional session.
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Date Received	results.date_received	string	The date received.
Description	results.description	string	The description.
Nominee State	results.nominee_state	string	The state of the nominee.
Committee Uri	results.committee_uri	string	The Uri address of the committee.
Latest Action Date	results.latest_action_date	string	The date of the latest action.
Status	results.status	string	The status.
Actions	results.actions	array of object
Date	results.actions.date	string	The date.
Description	results.actions.title	string	The description.
Votes	results.votes	array of object
Uri	results.votes.uri	string	The Uri address.
Date	results.votes.date	string	The date.
Roll Call	results.votes.roll_call	integer	The roll call.
Question	results.votes.question	string	The question.
Result	results.votes.result	string	The result.
Total Yes	results.votes.total_yes	integer	The Yes total.
Total No	results.votes.total_no	integer	The No total.
Total Not Voting	results.votes.total_not_voting	integer	The Not Voting total.

Get a specific roll call vote

Operation ID:

VoteRollCall

This action gets a specific roll-call vote, including a complete list of member positions.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Session Number	session-number	True	string	1 or 2, depending on year (1 is odd-numbered years, 2 is even-numbered years).
Roll Call Number	roll-call-number	True	integer	The number of the roll call.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Congress	results.votes.vote.congress	integer	The Congress session.
Session	results.votes.vote.session	integer	The session.
Chamber	results.votes.vote.chamber	string	The chamber.
Roll Call	results.votes.vote.roll_call	integer	The roll call.
Source	results.votes.vote.source	string	The source.
URL	results.votes.vote.url	string	The URL address.
Bill ID	results.votes.vote.bill.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Number	results.votes.vote.bill.number	string	The number.
API URI	results.votes.vote.bill.api_uri	string	The Uri address of the API.
Title	results.votes.vote.bill.title	string	The title.
Latest Action	results.votes.vote.bill.latest_action	string	The latest action.
Question	results.votes.vote.question	string	The question.
Description	results.votes.vote.title	string	The description.
Vote Type	results.votes.vote.vote_type	string	The vote type.
Date	results.votes.vote.date	string	The date.
Time	results.votes.vote.time	string	The time.
Result	results.votes.vote.result	string	The result.
Tie Breaker	results.votes.vote.tie_breaker	string	The tie breaker.
Tie Breaker Vote	results.votes.vote.tie_breaker_vote	string	The tie breaker vote.
Document Number	results.votes.vote.document_number	string	The document number.
Document Title	results.votes.vote.document_title	string	The document title.
Yes	results.votes.vote.democratic.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.vote.democratic.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.vote.democratic.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.vote.democratic.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Majority Position	results.votes.vote.democratic.majority_position	string	The majority position.
Yes	results.votes.vote.republican.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.vote.republican.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.vote.republican.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.vote.republican.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Majority Position	results.votes.vote.republican.majority_position	string	The majority position.
Yes	results.votes.vote.independent.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.vote.independent.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.vote.independent.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.vote.independent.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Yes	results.votes.vote.total.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.vote.total.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.vote.total.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.vote.total.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Positions	results.votes.vote.positions	array of object
Member ID	results.votes.vote.positions.member_id	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Name	results.votes.vote.positions.name	string	The name.
Party	results.votes.vote.positions.party	string	The party.
State	results.votes.vote.positions.state	string	The state.
Vote Position	results.votes.vote.positions.vote_position	string	The vote position.
DW-NOMINATE	results.votes.vote.positions.dw_nominate	float	The DW-NOMINATE score.
Vacant Seats	results.votes.vacant_seats	array of string

Get a specific subcommittee

Operation ID:

SubcommitteeGet

This action gets information about a single Senate or House subcommittee, including the members of that subcommittee.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Committee ID	committee-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the committee.
Subcommittee ID	subcommittee-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the subcommittee.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.name	string	The name.
Committee ID	results.committee_id	string	The unique identifier of the committee.
Committee Name	results.committee_name	string	The name of the committee.
Committee URL	results.committee_url	string	The URL address of the committee.
Chair	results.chair	string	The chair.
Chair ID	results.chair_id	string	The unique identifier of the chair.
Chair Party	results.chair_party	string	The party of the chair.
Chair State	results.chair_state	string	The state of the chair.
Ranking Member ID	results.ranking_member_id	string	The unique identifier of the ranking member.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Current Members	results.current_members	array of object
ID	results.current_members.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.current_members.name	string	The name.
API URI	results.current_members.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Party	results.current_members.party	string	The party affiliation.
Side	results.current_members.side	string	The side.
Rank In Party	results.current_members.rank_in_party	integer	The rank in party.
State	results.current_members.state	string	The state.
Note	results.current_members.note	string	Any notes.
Begin Date	results.current_members.begin_date	string	The begin date.
Former Members	results.former_members	array of string

Get amendments for a specific bill

Operation ID:

BillAmendments

This action gets Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Bill ID	bill-id	True	string	A bill slug.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Bill ID	results.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Amendments	results.amendments	array of object
Amendment Number	results.amendments.amendment_number	string	The number of amendments.
Slug	results.amendments.slug	string	The slug.
Sponsor Title	results.amendments.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor	results.amendments.sponsor	string	The sponsor.
Sponsor ID	results.amendments.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.amendments.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.amendments.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.amendments.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.amendments.introduced_date	string	The introduced date.
Title	results.amendments.title	string	The title.
Congress.gov URL	results.amendments.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Latest Major Action Date	results.amendments.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.amendments.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.

Get cosponsors for a specific bill

Operation ID:

BillCosponsor

This action gets information about the cosponsors of a particular bill.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Bill ID	bill-id	True	string	A bill slug.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Bill	results.bill	string	The bill.
URL Number	results.url_number	string	The number of URLs.
Title	results.title	string	The title.
Sponsor Title	results.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor ID	results.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Name	results.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri address of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.introduced_date	string	The date introduced.
Number Of Cosponsors	results.number_of_cosponsors	integer	The number of cosponsors.
Committees	results.committees	string	The committees.
Latest Major Action Date	results.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.
House Passage Vote	results.house_passage_vote	string	The House passage vote.
Senate Passage Vote	results.senate_passage_vote	string	The Senate passage vote.
Cosponsors By Party	results.cosponsors_by_party	array of object
ID	results.cosponsors_by_party.party.id	string	The unique identifier.
Sponsors	results.cosponsors_by_party.party.sponsors	string	The sponsors.
Cosponsors	results.cosponsors	array of object
Cosponsor ID	results.cosponsors.cosponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the cosponsor.
Name	results.cosponsors.name	string	The name.
Cosponsor Title	results.cosponsors.cosponsor_title	string	The cosponsor title.
Cosponsor State	results.cosponsors.cosponsor_state	string	The state of the cosponsor.
Cosponsor Party	results.cosponsors.cosponsor_party	string	The party of the cosponsor.
Cosponsor Uri	results.cosponsors.cosponsor_uri	string	The Uri address of the cosponsor.
Date	results.cosponsors.date	string	The date.

Get current members by state or district

Operation ID:

MemberGetState

This action gets biographical and Congressional role information for a particular member of Congress.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
State	state	True	string	The two-letter state abbreviation.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.name	string	The name.
First Name	results.first_name	string	The first name.
Middle Name	results.middle_name	string	The middle name.
Last Name	results.last_name	string	The last name.
Suffix	results.suffix	string	The suffix.
Role	results.role	string	The role.
Gender	results.gender	string	The gender.
Party	results.party	string	The party.
Times Topics URL	results.times_topics_url	string	The Times Topics URL address.
Twitter ID	results.twitter_id	string	The Twitter identifier.
Facebook Account	results.facebook_account	string	The Facebook account.
YouTube ID	results.youtube_id	string	The YouTube identifier.
Seniority	results.seniority	string	The seniority.
Next Election	results.next_election	string	The next election.
API URI	results.api_uri	string	The API Uri address.

Get hearings for a specific committee

Operation ID:

CommitteeHearingA

This actions gets a list of hearings for a specific Senate or House committee.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Committee ID	committee-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the committee.
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Hearings	results.hearings	array of object
Chamber	results.hearings.chamber	string	The chamber.
Committee	results.hearings.committee	string	The committee.
Committee Code	results.hearings.committee_code	string	The committee code.
API URI	results.hearings.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Date	results.hearings.date	string	The date.
Time	results.hearings.time	string	The time.
Location	results.hearings.location	string	The location.
Description	results.hearings.title	string	The description.
Bill IDs	results.hearings.bill_ids	array of string
URL	results.hearings.url	string	The URL address.
Meeting Type	results.hearings.meeting_type	string	The type of meeting.

Get House and Senate floor actions by date

Operation ID:

FloorActionDate

This action gets actions from the House or Senate floor on a particular date.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Year	year	True	string	The year in the format YYYY.
Month	month	True	string	The month in MM format.
Date	day	True	string	The day in dd format.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Date	results.date	string	The date.
Number of Results	results.num_results	string	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	string	The requested pagination offset.
Floor Actions	results.floor_actions	array of object
Timestamp	results.floor_actions.timestamp	string	The timestamp.
Date	results.floor_actions.date	string	The date.
Action ID	results.floor_actions.action_id	string	The unique identifier of the action.
Description	results.floor_actions.title	string	The description.

Get list of committees

Operation ID:

CommitteeGet

This action gets a list of Senate, House or joint committees, including their subcommittees.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Committees	results.committees	array of object
ID	results.committees.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.committees.name	string	The name.
Chamber	results.committees.chamber	string	The chamber.
URL	results.committees.url	string	The URL address.
API URI	results.committees.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Chair	results.committees.chair	string	The chair.
Chair ID	results.committees.chair_id	string	The unique identifier of the chair.
Chair Party	results.committees.chair_party	string	The party of the chair.
Chair State	results.committees.chair_state	string	The state of the chair.
Chair Uri	results.committees.chair_uri	string	The Uri address of the chair.
Ranking Member ID	results.committees.ranking_member_id	string	The unique identifier of the ranking member.
Subcommittees	results.committees.subcommittees	array of object
ID	results.committees.subcommittees.id	string	The unique identifier.
Name	results.committees.subcommittees.name	string	The name.
API URI	results.committees.subcommittees.api_uri	string	The API Uri address.

Get members leaving office

Operation ID:

MemberGetLeaving

This action gets a list of members who have left the Senate or House or have announced plans to do so.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Members	results.members	array of object
ID	results.members.id	string	The unique identifier.
API URI	results.members.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
First Name	results.members.first_name	string	The first name.
Middle Name	results.members.middle_name	string	The middle name.
Last Name	results.members.last_name	string	The last name.
Suffix	results.members.suffix	string	The suffix.
Party	results.members.party	string	The party affiliation.
State	results.members.state	string	The state.
District	results.members.district	string	The district.
Begin Date	results.members.begin_date	string	The begin date.
End Date	results.members.end_date	string	The end date.
Status	results.members.status	string	The status.
Note	results.members.note	string	Any notes.

Get new members

Operation ID:

MemberGetNew

This action gets a list of the most recent new members of the current Congress.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Number of Results	results.num_results	string	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	string	The requested pagination offset.
Members	results.members	array of object
ID	results.members.id	string	The unique identifier.
API URI	results.members.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
First Name	results.members.first_name	string	The first name.
Middle Name	results.members.middle_name	string	The middle name.
Last Name	results.members.last_name	string	The last name.
Suffix	results.members.suffix	string	The suffix.
Party	results.members.party	string	The party affiliation.
Chamber	results.members.chamber	string	The chamber.
State	results.members.state	string	The state.
District	results.members.district	string	The district.
Start Date	results.members.start_date	string	The start date.

Get quarterly office expenses by a specific house member

Operation ID:

HouseOfficeExpense

The House of Representatives publishes quarterly reports detailing official office expenses by lawmakers. The Congress API has data beginning in the third quarter of 2009. The most recent quarter may not be available until several months after it ends.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Year	year	True	string	The year in the format YYYY.
Quarter	quarter	True	string	The quarter number as a single digit.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Member ID	member_id	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Name	name	string	The name.
Member Uri	member_uri	string	The Uri of the member.
Year	year	integer	The year.
Quarter	quarter	integer	The quarter.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Results	results	array of object
Category	results.category	string	The category.
Category Slug	results.category_slug	string	The category slug.
Amount	results.amount	float	The amount.
Year To Date	results.year_to_date	float	The year to date amount.
Change From Previous Quarter	results.change_from_previous_quarter	float	The change from previous quarter.

Get quarterly office expenses by category for a specific house member

Operation ID:

HouseOfficeCategory

The House of Representatives publishes quarterly reports detailing official office expenses by lawmakers. The Congress API has data beginning in the third quarter of 2009. This action gets the amount a given lawmaker spent during a specified year and quarter in a specified category.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Category	category	True	string	The expense category.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Member ID	member_id	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Name	name	string	The name.
Member Uri	member_uri	string	The Uri of the member.
Category	category	string	The category.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Results	results	array of object
Year	results.year	integer	The year.
Quarter	results.quarter	integer	The quarter.
Amount	results.amount	float	The amount.
Year To Date	results.year_to_date	float	The year to date amount.
Change From Previous Quarter	results.change_from_previous_quarter	integer	The change from previous quarter.

Get quarterly office expenses for a specific category

Operation ID:

HouseOfficeQuarterCategory

This action gets the amount spent by individual lawmakers in a specified category during a specified year and quarter by category.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Category	category	True	string	The expense category.
Year	year	True	string	The year in the format YYYY.
Quarter	quarter	True	string	The quarter number as a single digit.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Category	category	string	The category.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
Year	results.year	integer	The year.
Quarter	results.quarter	integer	The quarter.
Member ID	results.member_id	string	The member identifier.
Name	results.name	string	The name.
Member Uri	results.member_uri	string	The Uri of the member.
Amount	results.amount	float	The amount.
Year To Date	results.year_to_date	float	The year to date amount.
Change From Previous Quarter	results.change_from_previous_quarter	float	The change from previous quarter.

Get recent bills

Operation ID:

BillRecent

This action gets summaries of the 20 most recent bills by type. For the current Congress, recent bills can be one of four types (see the descriptions below). For previous Congresses, recent bills means the last 20 bills of that Congress.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Type	type	True	string	Whether the bill was cosponsored or withdrawn.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	integer	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Bills	results.bills	array of object
Bill ID	results.bills.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.bills.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Bill Type	results.bills.bill_type	string	The type of bill.
Number	results.bills.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bills.bill_uri	string	The Uri of the bill.
Title	results.bills.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.bills.short_title	string	The short title.
Sponsor Title	results.bills.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor ID	results.bills.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Name	results.bills.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.bills.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.bills.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.bills.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri of the sponsor.
GPO PDF Uri	results.bills.gpo_pdf_uri	string	The Uri of the GPO PDF.
Congress.gov URL	results.bills.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Govtrack URL	results.bills.govtrack_url	string	The Govtrack URL address.
Introduced Date	results.bills.introduced_date	string	The introduced date.
Active	results.bills.active	boolean	Whether active.
Last Vote	results.bills.last_vote	string	The last vote.
House Passage	results.bills.house_passage	string	The House passage.
Senate Passage	results.bills.senate_passage	string	The Senate passage.
Enacted	results.bills.enacted	string	The enacted.
Vetoed	results.bills.vetoed	string	The vetoed.
Cosponsors	results.bills.cosponsors	integer	The cosponsors.
Democrats	results.bills.cosponsors_by_party.D	integer	The number of Democrats.
Republicans	results.bills.cosponsors_by_party.R	integer	The number of Republicans.
I	results.bills.cosponsors_by_party.I	integer	The number of Independents.
Committees	results.bills.committees	string	The committees.
Committee Codes	results.bills.committee_codes	array of string
Subcommittee Codes	results.bills.subcommittee_codes	array of string
Primary Subject	results.bills.primary_subject	string	The primary subject.
Summary	results.bills.summary	string	The summary.
Short Summary	results.bills.summary_short	string	The short summary.
Latest Major Action Date	results.bills.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.bills.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.

Get recent bills by a specific member

Operation ID:

BillRecentMember

This action gets the 20 bills most recently introduced or updated by a particular member.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Type	type	True	string	Whether the bill was cosponsored or withdrawn.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
Member Uri	results.member_uri	string	The Uri of the member.
Name	results.name	string	The name.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Bills	results.bills	array of object
Congress	results.bills.congress	string	The Congress session.
Bill ID	results.bills.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Type	results.bills.bill_type	string	The type of bill.
Number	results.bills.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bills.bill_uri	string	The Uri of the bill.
Title	results.bills.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.bills.short_title	string	The short title.
Sponsor Title	results.bills.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor ID	results.bills.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Name	results.bills.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.bills.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.bills.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.bills.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri of the sponsor.
GPO PDF Uri	results.bills.gpo_pdf_uri	string	The Uri of the GPO PDF.
Congress.gov URL	results.bills.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Govtrack URL	results.bills.govtrack_url	string	The Govtrack URL address.
Introduced Date	results.bills.introduced_date	string	The introduced date.
Active	results.bills.active	boolean	Whether active.
Last Vote	results.bills.last_vote	string	The last vote.
House Passage	results.bills.house_passage	string	The House passage.
Senate Passage	results.bills.senate_passage	string	The Senate passage.
Enacted	results.bills.enacted	string	The enacted.
Vetoed	results.bills.vetoed	string	The vetoed.
Cosponsors	results.bills.cosponsors	integer	The cosponsors.
Democrats	results.bills.cosponsors_by_party.D	integer	The number of Democrats.
Republicans	results.bills.cosponsors_by_party.R	integer	The number of Republicans.
Independents	results.bills.cosponsors_by_party.I	integer	The number of Independents.
Committees	results.bills.committees	string	The committees.
Primary Subject	results.bills.primary_subject	string	The primary subject.
Summary	results.bills.summary	string	The summary.
Short Summary	results.bills.summary_short	string	The short summary.
Latest Major Action Date	results.bills.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.bills.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.

Get recent bills by a specific subject

Operation ID:

BillRecentSubject

This action gets the 20 most recently updated bills for a specific legislative subject. Results can include more than one Congress.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Subject	subject	True	string	A slug version of a legislative subject, displayed as URL Name in subject responses.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Subject	subject	string	The subject.
Results	results	array of object
Bill ID	results.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Bill Type	results.bill_type	string	The bill type.
Number	results.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bill_uri	string	The Uri address of the bill.
Title	results.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.short_title	string	The short title.
Sponsor ID	results.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri address of the sponsor.
Sponsor Title	results.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor Name	results.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.introduced_date	string	The date introduced.
Cosponsors	results.cosponsors	integer	The cosponsors.
Republicans	results.cosponsors_by_party.R	integer	The number of Republicans.
Democrats	results.cosponsors_by_party.D	integer	The number of Democrats.
Independents	results.cosponsors_by_party.I	integer	The number of Independents.
Committees	results.committees	string	The committees.
Committee Codes	results.committee_codes	array of string
Subcommittee Codes	results.subcommittee_codes	array of string
Primary Subject	results.primary_subject	string	The primary subject.
Latest Major Action Date	results.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.
Active	results.active	boolean	Whether active.
Last Vote	results.last_vote	string	The last vote.
Enacted	results.enacted	string	When enacted.
Vetoed	results.vetoed	string	When vetoed.
GPO PDF Uri	results.gpo_pdf_uri	string	The Uri address of the GPO PDF.
Congress.gov URL	results.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Govtrack URL	results.govtrack_url	string	The Govtrack URL.
House Passage	results.house_passage	string	The House passage.
Senate Passage	results.senate_passage	string	The Senate passage.
Summary	results.summary	string	The summary.
Summary Short	results.summary_short	string	The short summary.

Get recent committee hearings

Operation ID:

CommitteeHearingRecent

This action gets a list of 20 upcoming Senate or House committee meetings.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Hearings	results.hearings	array of object
Chamber	results.hearings.chamber	string	The chamber.
Committee	results.hearings.committee	string	The committee.
Committee Code	results.hearings.committee_code	string	The committee code.
API URI	results.hearings.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Date	results.hearings.date	string	The date.
Time	results.hearings.time	string	The time.
Location	results.hearings.location	string	The location.
Description	results.hearings.title	string	The description.
Bill IDs	results.hearings.bill_ids	array of string
URL	results.hearings.url	string	The URL address.
Meeting Type	results.hearings.meeting_type	string	The type of meeting.

Get recent House and Senate floor actions

Operation ID:

FloorAction

This action gets the latest actions from the House or Senate floor.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Floor Actions	results.floor_actions	array of object
Congress	results.floor_actions.congress	string	The Congress session.
Chamber	results.floor_actions.chamber	string	The chamber.
Timestamp	results.floor_actions.timestamp	string	The timestamp.
Date	results.floor_actions.date	string	The date.
Action ID	results.floor_actions.action_id	string	The unique identifier of the action.
Description	results.floor_actions.title	string	The description.
Bill IDs	results.floor_actions.bill_ids	array of string

Get recent lobbying representation filings

Operation ID:

Lobbying

This action gets the most recent lobbying representation filings.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Lobbying Representations	results.lobbying_representations	array of object
Name	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_client.name	string	The name.
General Description	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_client.general_description	string	The general description.
Name	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_registrant.name	string	The name.
General Description	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_registrant.general_description	string	The general description.
In-house	results.lobbying_representations.inhouse	string	The in-house.
Signed Date	results.lobbying_representations.signed_date	string	The signed date.
Effective Date	results.lobbying_representations.effective_date	string	The effective date.
XML Filename	results.lobbying_representations.xml_filename	string	The XML filename.
ID	results.lobbying_representations.id	string	The unique identifier.
Specific Issues	results.lobbying_representations.specific_issues	array of string
Report Type	results.lobbying_representations.report_type	string	The report type.
Report Year	results.lobbying_representations.report_year	string	The report year.
Senate ID	results.lobbying_representations.senate_id	string	The Senate unique identifier.
House ID	results.lobbying_representations.house_id	string	The House unique identifier.
Filing Date	results.lobbying_representations.latest_filing.filing_date	string	The filing date.
Report Year	results.lobbying_representations.latest_filing.report_year	string	The report year.
Report Type	results.lobbying_representations.latest_filing.report_type	string	The report type.
PDF URL	results.lobbying_representations.latest_filing.pdf_url	string	The URL address of the PDF.
Lobbyists	results.lobbying_representations.lobbyists	array of object
Name	results.lobbying_representations.lobbyists.name	string	The name.
Covered Position	results.lobbying_representations.lobbyists.covered_position	string	The covered position.

Get recent official communications

Operation ID:

CommunicationRecent

This action gets lists of official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
Communication ID	results.communication_id	string	The unique identifier of the communication.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Date	results.date	string	The date.
Text	results.text	string	The text.
Category	results.category	string	The category.
Congress	results.congress	integer	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Requirement Number	results.requirement_number	string	The requirement number.
Requirement URL	results.requirement_url	string	The URL address of the requirement.
Committee Code	results.committee_code	string	The committee code.
Committee Name	results.committee_name	string	The name of the committee.

Get recent official communications by category

Operation ID:

CommunicationRecentCategory

This action gets lists of official communications to Congress in a specific category. It returns the 20 most recent results for the specified type: ec (Executive Communication), pm (Presidential Message) or pom (Petition or Memorial).

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Category	category	True	string	The category.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Category	category	string	The category.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Date	results.date	string	The date.
Text	results.text	string	The text.
Category	results.category	string	The category.
Congress	results.congress	integer	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Requirement Number	results.requirement_number	string	The requirement number.
Requirement URL	results.requirement_url	string	The URL address of the requirement.
Committee Code	results.committee_code	string	The committee code.
Committee Name	results.committee_name	string	The name of the committee.

Get recent official communications by date

Operation ID:

CommunicationDate

This action gets lists of official communications to Congress on a specific date.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Date	date	True	string	The date in YYYY-MM-dd format.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Date	date	string	The date.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
ID	results.id	string	The unique identifier.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Date	results.date	string	The date.
Text	results.text	string	The text.
Category	results.category	string	The category.
Congress	results.congress	integer	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Requirement Number	results.requirement_number	string	The requirement number.
Requirement URL	results.requirement_url	string	The URL address of the requirement.
Committee Code	results.committee_code	string	The committee code.
Committee Name	results.committee_name	string	The name of the committee.

Get recent personal explanations

Operation ID:

ExplanationRecent

This actions gets lists of personal explanations. Lawmakers, mostly in the House but also in the Senate, can make personal explanations for missed or mistaken votes in the Congressional Record. These explanations can refer to a single vote or to multiple votes.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
Member	results.member	string	The member.
API URI	results.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Name	results.name	string	The name.
State	results.state	string	The state.
Year	results.year	integer	The year.
Roll Call	results.roll_call	string	The Roll Call.
Party	results.party	string	The party.
Date	results.date	string	The date.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Text	results.text	string	The text.
Category	results.category	string	The category.
Parsed	results.parsed	boolean	Whether parsed.
Vote API Uri	results.vote_api_uri	string	The Uri of the vote API.

Get recent personal explanations by a specific member

Operation ID:

ExplanationRecentGet

This action gets recent personal explanations by a specific member.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member_id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Member ID	member_id	string	The unique identifier of the member.
API URI	api_uri	string	The Uri address of the API.
Name	name	string	The name.
Congress	congress	integer	The Congress session.
Results	results	array of object
Date	results.date	string	The date.
URL	results.url	string	The URL address.
Text	results.text	string	The text.

Get recent privately funded trips

Operation ID:

TripPrivateGet

This action gets a list of privately funded trips reported by all House members and staff in a particular Congress.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Congress	congress	integer	The Congress session.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
Member ID	results.member_id	string	The member identifier.
API URI	results.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Display Name	results.display_name	string	The display name.
Filing Type	results.filing_type	string	The filing type.
Traveler	results.traveler	string	The traveler.
Is Member	results.is_member	integer	The number of members.
Departure Date	results.departure_date	string	The departure date.
Return Date	results.return_date	string	The return date.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Destination	results.destination	string	The destination.
Sponsor	results.sponsor	string	The sponsor.
Document ID	results.document_id	string	The unique identifier of the document.
PDF URL	results.pdf_url	string	The URL address of the PDF.

Get recent privately funded trips by a specific house member

Operation ID:

TripPrivateGetA

This action gets a list of privately funded trips reported by a specific House member, including staff travel, in a particular Congress.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Member ID	member-id	True	string	The unique identifier of the member.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Member ID	member_id	string	The unique identifier of the member.
API URI	api_uri	string	The Uri address of the API.
Display Name	display_name	string	The display name.
Results	results	array of object
Filing Type	results.filing_type	string	The filing type.
Traveler	results.traveler	string	The traveler.
Is Member	results.is_member	integer	The number of members.
Congress	results.congress	integer	The Congressional session.
Departure Date	results.departure_date	string	The departure date.
Return Date	results.return_date	string	The return date.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Destination	results.destination	string	The destination.
Sponsor	results.sponsor	string	The sponsor.
Document ID	results.document_id	string	The unique identifier of the document.
PDF URL	results.pdf_url	string	The URL address of the PDF.

Get recent votes

Operation ID:

VoteRecent

This action returns recent votes from the House, Senate or both chambers. It returns the 20 most recent results, sorted by date and roll call number, and you can paginate through votes using the offset query string parameter that accepts multiples of 20.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
votes	results.votes	array of object	votes
Congress	results.votes.congress	integer	The Congress session.
Chamber	results.votes.chamber	string	The chamber.
Session	results.votes.session	integer	The session number.
Roll Call	results.votes.roll_call	integer	The Roll Call number.
Source	results.votes.source	string	The source.
URL	results.votes.url	string	The URL address.
Vote Uri	results.votes.vote_uri	string	The Uri address of the vote.
Number	results.votes.bill.number	string	The number.
Bill ID	results.votes.bill.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
API URI	results.votes.bill.api_uri	string	The Uri address of the API.
Title	results.votes.bill.title	string	The title.
Latest Action	results.votes.bill.latest_action	string	The latest action.
Question	results.votes.question	string	The question.
Description	results.votes.description	string	The description.
Vote Type	results.votes.vote_type	string	The vote type.
Date	results.votes.date	string	The date.
Time	results.votes.time	string	The time.
Result	results.votes.result	string	The result.
Yes	results.votes.democratic.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.democratic.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.democratic.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.democratic.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.
Majority Position	results.votes.democratic.majority_position	string	The position of the majority.
Yes	results.votes.republican.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.republican.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.republican.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.republican.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.
Majority Position	results.votes.republican.majority_position	string	The position of the majority.
Yes	results.votes.independent.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.independent.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.independent.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.independent.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.
Yes	results.votes.total.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.total.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.total.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.total.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.

Get related bills for a specific bill

Operation ID:

BillRelated

This action gets Library of Congress-identified related bills for a particular bill. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Bill ID	bill-id	True	string	A bill slug.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Bill ID	results.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Bill Type	results.bill_type	string	The bill type.
Number	results.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bill_uri	string	The Uri address of the bill.
URL Number	results.url_number	string	The number of URLs.
Title	results.title	string	The title.
Sponsor Title	results.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor ID	results.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Name	results.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri address of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.introduced_date	string	The date introduced.
Number Of Cosponsors	results.number_of_cosponsors	integer	The number of cosponsors.
Committees	results.committees	string	The committees.
Latest Major Action Date	results.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.
House Passage Vote	results.house_passage_vote	string	The House passage vote.
Senate Passage Vote	results.senate_passage_vote	string	The Senate passage vote.
Related Bills	results.related_bills	array of object
Number	results.related_bills.number	string	The number.
Bill ID	results.related_bills.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.related_bills.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Bill Type	results.related_bills.bill_type	string	The type of bill.
Title	results.related_bills.title	string	The title.
Short Title	results.related_bills.short_title	string	The short title.
Relationship	results.related_bills.relationship	string	The relationship.
Sponsor Title	results.related_bills.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor	results.related_bills.sponsor	string	The sponsor.
Sponsor ID	results.related_bills.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.related_bills.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.related_bills.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.related_bills.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.related_bills.introduced_date	string	The introduced date.
GPO PDF Uri	results.related_bills.gpo_pdf_uri	string	The Uri of the GPO PDF.
Congress.gov URL	results.related_bills.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Govtrack URL	results.related_bills.govtrack_url	string	The Govtrack URL address.
Active	results.related_bills.active	boolean	Whether active.
Last Vote	results.related_bills.last_vote	string	The last vote.
House Passage	results.related_bills.house_passage	string	The House passage.
Senate Passage	results.related_bills.senate_passage	string	The Senate passage.
Enacted	results.related_bills.enacted	string	The enacted.
Vetoed	results.related_bills.vetoed	string	The vetoed.
Cosponsors	results.related_bills.cosponsors	integer	The cosponsors.
Republicans	results.related_bills.cosponsors_by_party.R	integer	The number of Republicans.
Democrats	results.related_bills.cosponsors_by_party.D	integer	The number of Democrats.
Independents	results.related_bills.cosponsors_by_party.I	integer	The number of Independents.
Committees	results.related_bills.committees	string	The committees.
Committee Codes	results.related_bills.committee_codes	array of string
Subcommittee Codes	results.related_bills.subcommittee_codes	array of string
Primary Subject	results.related_bills.primary_subject	string	The primary subject.
Summary	results.related_bills.summary	string	The summary.
Short Summary	results.related_bills.summary_short	string	The short summary.
Latest Major Action Date	results.related_bills.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.related_bills.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.

Get Senate nomination votes

Operation ID:

VoteNomination

This action gets Senate votes on presidential nominations. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Total Votes	results.total_votes	string	The total votes.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Votes	results.votes	array of object
Congress	results.votes.congress	integer	The Congress session.
Chamber	results.votes.chamber	string	The chamber.
Session	results.votes.session	integer	The session.
Roll Call	results.votes.roll_call	integer	The roll call.
Source	results.votes.source	string	The source.
URL	results.votes.url	string	The URL address.
Vote Uri	results.votes.vote_uri	string	The vote Uri.
Question	results.votes.question	string	The question.
Description	results.votes.title	string	The description.
Vote Type	results.votes.vote_type	string	The vote type.
Date	results.votes.date	string	The date.
Time	results.votes.time	string	The time.
Result	results.votes.result	string	The result.
Nominee Uri	results.votes.nominee_uri	string	The Uri address of the nominee.
Yes	results.votes.democratic.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.democratic.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.democratic.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.democratic.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Majority Position	results.votes.democratic.majority_position	string	The majority position.
Yes	results.votes.republican.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.republican.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.republican.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.republican.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Majority Position	results.votes.republican.majority_position	string	The majority position.
Yes	results.votes.independent.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.independent.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.independent.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.independent.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Yes	results.votes.total.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.total.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.total.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.total.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting number.
Margin	results.votes.total.margin	integer	The margin number.

Get subjects for a specific bill

Operation ID:

BillSubject

This action gets Library of Congress-assigned subjects about a particular bill. This request returns the 20 most recent results and supports paginated requests.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Bill ID	bill-id	True	string	A bill slug.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	offset	integer	The pagination number offset.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Bill ID	results.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Bill Type	results.bill_type	string	The bill type.
Number	results.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bill_uri	string	The Uri address of the bill.
URL Number	results.url_number	string	The number of URLs.
Title	results.title	string	The title.
Sponsor Title	results.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor ID	results.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Name	results.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri address of the sponsor.
Introduced Date	results.introduced_date	string	The date introduced.
Number Of Cosponsors	results.number_of_cosponsors	integer	The number of cosponsors.
Committees	results.committees	string	The committees.
Latest Major Action Date	results.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.
House Passage Vote	results.house_passage_vote	string	The House passage vote.
Senate Passage Vote	results.senate_passage_vote	string	The Senate passage vote.
Subjects	results.subjects	array of object
Name	results.subjects.name	string	The name.
URL Name	results.subjects.url_name	string	The URL name.

Get upcoming bills

Operation ID:

BillUpcoming

This action gets details on bills that may be considered by the House or Senate in the near future, based on scheduled published or announced by congressional leadership. The bills and their potential consideration are taken from the House Majority Leader and floor updates from Senate Republicans.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Date	results.date	string	The date.
Bills	results.bills	array of object
Congress	results.bills.congress	string	The Congress session.
Chamber	results.bills.chamber	string	The chamber.
Bill ID	results.bills.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Slug	results.bills.bill_slug	string	The bill slug.
Bill Type	results.bills.bill_type	string	The type of bill.
Bill Number	results.bills.bill_number	string	The bill number.
API URI	results.bills.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Legislative Day	results.bills.legislative_day	string	The legislative day.
Scheduled At	results.bills.scheduled_at	string	When scheduled at.
Range	results.bills.range	string	The range.
Context	results.bills.context	string	The context.
Description	results.bills.title	string	The description.
Bill URL	results.bills.bill_url	string	The URL address of the bill.
Consideration	results.bills.consideration	string	The consideration.
Source Type	results.bills.source_type	string	The source type.
URL	results.bills.url	string	The URL address.

Get votes by date

Operation ID:

VoteDate

This action gets all votes in a particular date range (fewer than 30 days).

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Start Date	start-date	True	string	The start date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
End Date	end-date	True	string	The end date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Start Date	results.start_date	string	The start date.
End Date	results.end_date	string	The end date.
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
votes	results.votes	array of object	votes
Congress	results.votes.congress	integer	The Congress session.
Chamber	results.votes.chamber	string	The chamber.
Session	results.votes.session	integer	The session number.
Roll Call	results.votes.roll_call	integer	The Roll Call number.
Source	results.votes.source	string	The source.
URL	results.votes.url	string	The URL address.
Vote Uri	results.votes.vote_uri	string	The Uri address of the vote.
Bill ID	results.votes.bill.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Number	results.votes.bill.number	string	The number.
Sponsor ID	results.votes.bill.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
API URI	results.votes.bill.api_uri	string	The Uri address of the API.
Title	results.votes.bill.title	string	The title.
Latest Action	results.votes.bill.latest_action	string	The latest action.
Nomination ID	results.votes.nomination.nomination_id	string	The unique identifier of the nomination.
Number	results.votes.nomination.number	string	The number.
Name	results.votes.nomination.name	string	The name.
Agency	results.votes.nomination.agency	string	The agency.
Question	results.votes.question	string	The question.
Question Text	results.votes.question_text	string	The text of the question.
Description	results.votes.description	string	The description.
Vote Type	results.votes.vote_type	string	The vote type.
Date	results.votes.date	string	The date.
Time	results.votes.time	string	The time.
Result	results.votes.result	string	The result.
Yes	results.votes.democratic.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.democratic.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.democratic.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.democratic.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.
Majority Position	results.votes.democratic.majority_position	string	The position of the majority.
Yes	results.votes.republican.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.republican.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.republican.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.republican.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.
Majority Position	results.votes.republican.majority_position	string	The position of the majority.
Yes	results.votes.independent.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.independent.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.independent.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.independent.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.
Yes	results.votes.total.yes	integer	The Yes votes.
No	results.votes.total.no	integer	The No votes.
Present	results.votes.total.present	integer	The Present votes.
Not Voting	results.votes.total.not_voting	integer	The Not Voting votes.

Get votes by type

Operation ID:

VoteType

This action returns vote information in four categories: missed votes, party votes, lone no votes and perfect votes.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Congress	congress	True	string	The Congressional session number. Available sessions are 102-117 for House, 80-117 for Senate.
Chamber	chamber	True	string	The chamber of Congress.
Vote Type	vote-type	True	string	The type of vote.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Congress	results.congress	string	The Congressional session.
Chamber	results.chamber	string	The chamber.
Number of Results	results.num_results	string	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	string	The requested pagination offset.
Members	results.members	array of object
ID	results.members.id	string	The unique identifier.
API URI	results.members.api_uri	string	The API Uri.
Name	results.members.name	string	The name.
Party	results.members.party	string	The party affiliation.
State	results.members.state	string	The state.
District	results.members.district	string	The district.
Total Votes	results.members.total_votes	string	The number of total votes.
Missed Votes	results.members.missed_votes	string	The number of missed votes.
Missed Votes Percentage	results.members.missed_votes_pct	number	The percentage of missed votes.
Rank	results.members.rank	string	The rank.
Notes	results.members.notes	string	The notes.

Search bills

Operation ID:

BillSearch

This action searches the title and full text of legislation by keyword to get the 20 most recent bills. Searches cover House and Senate bills from the 113th Congress through the current Congress (117th). If multiple words are given (e.g. query=health care) the search is treated as multiple keywords using the OR operator. Quoting the words (e.g. query="health care") makes it a phrase search. Search results can be sorted by date (the default) or by relevance, and in ascending or descending order.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Query	query		string	The keyword or phrase.
Sort	sort		string	The sort method.
Direction	dir		string	The sort direction.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Bills	results.bills	array of object
Bill ID	results.bills.bill_id	string	The unique identifier of the bill.
Bill Type	results.bills.bill_type	string	The type of bill.
Number	results.bills.number	string	The number.
Bill Uri	results.bills.bill_uri	string	The Uri of the bill.
Title	results.bills.title	string	The title.
Sponsor Title	results.bills.sponsor_title	string	The sponsor title.
Sponsor ID	results.bills.sponsor_id	string	The unique identifier of the sponsor.
Sponsor Name	results.bills.sponsor_name	string	The name of the sponsor.
Sponsor State	results.bills.sponsor_state	string	The state of the sponsor.
Sponsor Party	results.bills.sponsor_party	string	The party of the sponsor.
Sponsor Uri	results.bills.sponsor_uri	string	The Uri of the sponsor.
GPO PDF Uri	results.bills.gpo_pdf_uri	string	The Uri of the GPO PDF.
Congress.gov URL	results.bills.congressdotgov_url	string	The Congress.gov URL address.
Govtrack URL	results.bills.govtrack_url	string	The Govtrack URL address.
Introduced Date	results.bills.introduced_date	string	The introduced date.
Active	results.bills.active	boolean	Whether active.
House Passage	results.bills.house_passage	string	The House passage.
Senate Passage	results.bills.senate_passage	string	The Senate passage.
Enacted	results.bills.enacted	string	The enacted.
Vetoed	results.bills.vetoed	string	The vetoed.
Cosponsors	results.bills.cosponsors	integer	The cosponsors.
Committees	results.bills.committees	string	The committees.
Committee Codes	results.bills.committee_codes	array of string
Subcommittee Codes	results.bills.subcommittee_codes	array of string
Primary Subject	results.bills.primary_subject	string	The primary subject.
Summary	results.bills.summary	string	The summary.
Short Summary	results.bills.summary_short	string	The short summary.
Latest Major Action Date	results.bills.latest_major_action_date	string	The date of the latest major action.
Latest Major Action	results.bills.latest_major_action	string	The latest major action.

Search lobbying representation filings

Operation ID:

LobbyingSearch

This actions gets the 20 most recent lobbying representation filings for a given search term.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Query	query		string	The keyword or phrase.
Offset	offset		integer	The paging offset number.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
Status	status	string	The response status.
Copyright	copyright	string	The response copyright.
Results	results	array of object
Number of Results	results.num_results	integer	The number of results.
Offset	results.offset	integer	The requested pagination offset.
Query	results.query	string	The query.
Lobbying Representations	results.lobbying_representations	array of object
Name	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_client.name	string	The name.
General Description	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_client.general_description	string	The general description.
Name	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_registrant.name	string	The name.
General Description	results.lobbying_representations.lobbying_registrant.general_description	string	The general description.
In-house	results.lobbying_representations.inhouse	string	The in-house.
Signed Date	results.lobbying_representations.signed_date	string	The signed date.
Effective Date	results.lobbying_representations.effective_date	string	The effective date.
XML Filename	results.lobbying_representations.xml_filename	string	The XML filename.
ID	results.lobbying_representations.id	string	The unique identifier.
Specific Issues	results.lobbying_representations.specific_issues	array of string
Report Type	results.lobbying_representations.report_type	string	The report type.
Report Year	results.lobbying_representations.report_year	string	The report year.
Senate ID	results.lobbying_representations.senate_id	string	The Senate unique identifier.
House ID	results.lobbying_representations.house_id	string	The House unique identifier.
Lobbyists	results.lobbying_representations.lobbyists	array of object
Name	results.lobbying_representations.lobbyists.name	string	The name.
Covered Position	results.lobbying_representations.lobbyists.covered_position	string	The covered position.