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{
	"member": "D000598",
	"api_uri": "https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/D000598.json",
	"name": "Susan A. Davis",
	"state": "CA",
	"year": 2017,
	"roll_call": 284,
	"party": "D",
	"date": "2017-06-06",
	"url": "https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2017/06/06/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E768-3",

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import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/bills/subjects/taxation.json", headers={'X-API-Key': 'PROPUBLICA CONGRESS API KEY'})
print r.json()['results'][0]
{u'latest_major_action': u'Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.', u'committees': u'House Ways and Means Committee', u'title': u'Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2016', u'sponsor_uri': u'https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/members/D000216.json', u'number': u'H.R.5408', u'introduced_date': u'2016-06-08', u'bill_uri': u'https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/114/bills/hr5408.json', u'latest_major_action_date': u'2016-06-08', u'sponsor_id': u'D000216', u'cosponsors': 6}

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import csv
import requests
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
import time
import datetime

today = str(datetime.date.today().month)+'/'+str(datetime.date.today().day)+'/'+str(datetime.date.today().year)
url = "http://browse.calendar.gwu.edu/EventList.aspx?fromdate=%s&todate=%s&view=DateTime&display=Day&type=public" % (today, today)
response = requests.get(url)
html = response.content

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import csv
import requests
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup

urls = ["http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/results.aspx?AC=PREV_RECORD&XC=/results.aspx&BU=http%3A%2F%2Faaspeechesdb.oscars.org%2Findex.aspx&TN=aatrans&SN=AUTO9337&SE=1168&RN=1&MR=0&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebReportList&EF=&DF=WebReportOscars&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=oscarsmsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=0&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=utf-8", "http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/results.aspx?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/results.aspx&BU=http%3A%2F%2Faaspeechesdb.oscars.org%2Findex.aspx&TN=aatrans&SN=AUTO9337&SE=1168&RN=0&MR=0&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebReportList&EF=&DF=WebReportOscars&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=oscarsmsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=0&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=utf-8"]

word_list = []

for url in urls:
    response = requests.get(url)

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import csv
import requests
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
import time
import datetime

today = str(datetime.date.today().month)+'/'+str(datetime.date.today().day)+'/'+str(datetime.date.today().year)
url = "http://browse.calendar.gwu.edu/EventList.aspx?fromdate=%s&todate=%s&view=DateTime&display=Day&type=public" % (today, today)
response = requests.get(url)
html = response.content

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def self.locate(address)
  url = "https://www.googleapis.com/civicinfo/v2/representatives?address=#{address}&includeOffices=true&levels=country&roles=legislatorUpperBody&roles=legislatorLowerBody&key=APIKEY"
  result = JSON.parse(open(url).read)
  state = result['normalizedInput']['state']
  house = result['offices'].detect{|o| o['roles'].include?('legislatorLowerBody')}
  house_district = house['divisionId'].split(":").last if house
end

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congress_id	session_id	roll_call	bill_num	amendment_num	question	vote_result	date	time	description	gop_yes	gop_no	gop_present	gop_not_voting	dem_yes	dem_no	dem_present	dem_not_voting	ind_yes	ind_no	ind_present	ind_not_voting	total_yes	total_no	total_present	total_not_voting	total_margin	dem_majority_position	gop_majority_position	sessions_position
114	2	153	S.3110		On the Cloture Motion	Cloture Motion Rejected	11/17/16	12:05:00	A bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the outer Continental Shelf of the United States, to provide for the development of geothermal, solar, and wind energy on public land, and for other purposes.	49	4	0	1	2	41	0	1	0	2	0	0	51	47	0	2	4	No	Yes	Not Voting
114	2	152	H.R.4511		On Passage of the Bill	Bill Passed	11/15/16	17:31:00	A bill to amend the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to allow the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period o