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Ian Rhett speaking at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference
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Ian Rhett
on Jan 08, 2009

The US Congress Now Has an API, Do You?

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Ok, actually, it's the New York Times which has developed an "API" for the U.S. Congress. Basically, the Times has munged together a bunch of data sources (see below) and developed an "API" to allow developers to access and use the data. The information you can get access to includes roll-call vote (voice and division votes are not available right now). The Times does extra calculations including party totals.
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