Developped by Gento Kato (Last Updated: 06/21/2019)
Extract and manipulate bill information from US Congress website. The package website is published HERE.
searchBill Search bills by keywords and other conditions.getBill Get bill summary page URL (or scrapeBill object) from bill and congress number.scrapeBill Scrape bill information from Congress website using bill summary page URL.collectBillData Collect information of Congress bill from scrapeBill object.read_scrapeBill Import a (or a list of) scrapeBill object saved as .rds file.write_scrapeBill Write a (or a list of) scrapeBill object into .rds file.BillIDfromURL Collect Bill ID from bill summary page URL(s).collectBillID Collect information that identifies bill from scrapeBill object.collectTitle Collect information regarding title(s) of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectSummary Collect information regarding summary of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectSponsorship Collect information regarding sponsorship of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectAction Collect information regarding actions of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectCommittee Collect information regarding committees considering the bill from scrapeBill object.collectSubject Collect information regarding subject field of the bill from scrapeBill object.collectText Collect information regarding the latest full text of the bill from scrapeBill object.