
An Update on the Congress.gov API
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today, we are thrilled to announce that the beta label has been removed from the Congress.gov API.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today, we are thrilled to announce that the beta label has been removed from the Congress.gov API.
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
The second installment of Congress.gov enhancements for August of 2023.
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This post promotes the 2023 Congress.gov Public Forum.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
In July, Robert shared news about the new treaty document email alerts. He also shared that we added Browse pages back to the 43rd Congress that included the Bound Congressional Record. We have done a lot of work over the recent months to add historical material and make it more accessible. With this release there …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Congress.gov enhancements for July of 2023, including the launch of treaty email alerts.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Robert shared about the Congress.gov release earlier this June. We have been hard at work with a new set of enhancements and behind the scenes improvements. The committee profile alerts have been updated to now include the bill sponsor when you are emailed. Now when you download your legislation search results you can check "Number of Related Bills" to have those included in your spreadsheet. It is also easier to search nominations using the PN numbers search box.
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
In the previous release, Andrew mentioned that the Bound Congressional Record on Congress.gov now provides coverage dating back to December of 1873. In this release, we have added labels to help the user distinguish between historical documents and historical bill texts. Search Tip Since the Bound Congressional Record now provides coverage dating back to December …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Robert announced the our first Congress with the Bound Congressional Record, which is the 103rd, added to the site in the summer of 2020. Since then we have regularly been adding, testing, and reviewing additional Congresses all the way back to when the Bound Congressional Record started. We now have the Bound Congressional Record from the 46th to 103rd Congress on the site, which covers 1873 to 1994.
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Bound Congressional Record on Congress.gov now provides coverage back to 1881, so I decided to see if I could find Congressional reactions to the shooting of President Garfield on July 2, 1881, at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station by Charles Guiteau, and the President’s subsequent death on September 19, 1881. The assassin, Charles …
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