current_congress

<p>This function gives the number of the Congress for the
current calendar year, using <code><a href="/link/Sys.Date()?package=filibustr&version=0.3.0" data-mini-rdoc="filibustr::Sys.Date()">Sys.Date()</a></code>.</p>

Provides easy-to-understand and consistent interfaces for
accessing data on the U.S. Congress. The functions in 'filibustr'
streamline the process for importing data on Congress into R, removing
the need to download and work from CSV files and the like. Data
sources include 'Voteview' (<https://voteview.com/>), the U.S. Senate
website (<https://www.senate.gov/>), and more.

Max Feinleib

filibustr

Data Utilities for Congressional Research

current_congress function

<p>This function gives the number of the Congress for the
current calendar year, using <code><a href='https://rdrr.io/r/base/Sys.time.html'>Sys.Date()</a></code>.</p>

current_congress: Calculate the current Congress number

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