Collecting Action Information from a scrapeBill Object.

Collect information regarding action(s) made on the bill.

collectAction(x, latestonly = TRUE, progress = FALSE)

Arguments

x

A (or A list of) scrapeBill object created by scrapeBill function.
latestonly

If TRUE (default), the function returns summary of latest actions (and introduced date) in single row. If FALSE, the function returns data.frame object of all actions and their dates and timings.
progress

If TRUE, show progress bar for the processing of multiple bills.

Value

If latestonly==TRUE, returns data.frame object with following contents (single row):

  • IntroducedDate: Date of Introduction in Actions Overview

  • ActLatestDate_Overview: Date of Latest Action in Actions Overview

  • ActLatestText_Overview: Overview Content of Latest Action in Actions Overview

  • ActLatestDate_All: Date of Latest Action in All Actions

  • ActLatestText_All: Detailed Content of Latest Action in All Actions

  • VoteTimes_House: Number of Voting Opportunities in House

  • VoteLatestDate_House: Date of Latest Vote Action in House

  • VoteLatestType_House: Type of Latest Vote in House

  • VoteLatestText_House: Content of Latest Vote in House

  • VoteTimes_Senate: Number of Voting Opportunities in Senate

  • VoteLatestDate_Senate: Date of Latest Action in Senate

  • VoteLatestType_Senate: Type of Latest Vote in Senate

  • VoteLatestText_Senate: Content of Latest Vote in Senate

  • RCTimes_House: Number of Roll Call Voting Opportunities in House

  • RCLatestDate_House: Date of Latest Roll Call in House

  • RCLatestText_House: Content of Latest Roll Call Vote in House

  • RCLatestNumber_House: ID Number of Latest Roll Call Vote in House

  • RCLatestYea_House: Number of Yea in Latest Roll Call Vote in House

  • RCLatestNay_House: Number of Nay in Latest Roll Call Vote in House

  • RCTimes_Senate: Number of Roll Call Voting Opportunities in Senate

  • RCLatestDate_Senate: Date of Latest Roll Call in Senate

  • RCLatestText_Senate: Content of Latest Roll Call Vote in Senate

  • RCLatestNumber_Senate: ID Number of Latest Roll Call Vote in Senate

  • RCLatestYea_Senate: Number of Yea in Latest Roll Call Vote in Senate

  • RCLatestNay_Senate: Number of Nay in Latest Roll Call Vote in Senate

If latestonly==FALSE, A data.frame object containing following variables:

  • Chamber: Chamber where the Action is Placed.

  • Date: Date of Action

  • Time: Time (in Day) of Action

  • Detail: Detailed Content of Action

  • Overview: Summarized Overview Content of Action (If Available)

  • Amendment: 1 if Actions is related to amendment of the bill

  • VoteType: Type of Vote (if any decision is made)

  • rollnumber: Roll Call Number if Action is Roll Call Vote

  • rollYea: Roll Call Yea Votes if Action is Roll Call Vote

  • rollNay: Roll Call Nay Votes if Action is Roll Call Vote

See also

scrapeBill and getscrapeBill

Examples

tgturl <- "https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2"
bill2 <- scrapeBill(tgturl)
collectAction(bill2)
#>   IntroducedDate ActLatestDate_Overview ActLatestText_Overview
#> 1     04/12/2018             12/20/2018             Became Law
#>   ActLatestDate_All              ActLatestText_All VoteTimes_House
#> 1        12/20/2018 Became Public Law No: 115-334.               0
#>   VoteLatestDate_House VoteLatestType_House VoteLatestText_House
#> 1                 <NA>                 <NA>                 <NA>
#>   VoteTimes_Senate VoteLatestDate_Senate VoteLatestType_Senate
#> 1                0                  <NA>                  <NA>
#>   VoteLatestText_Senate VoteTimes_House.1 RCLatestDate_House RCLatestText_House
#> 1                  <NA>                 0               <NA>               <NA>
#>   RCLatestNumber_House RCLatestYea_House RCLatestNay_House RCTimes_Senate
#> 1                   NA                NA                NA              0
#>   RCLatestDate_Senate RCLatestText_Senate RCLatestNumber_Senate
#> 1                <NA>                <NA>                    NA
#>   RCLatestYea_Senate RCLatestNay_Senate
#> 1                 NA                 NA