README.mkdn in hoverbird-ny-times-congress-1.2.2 vs README.mkdn in hoverbird-ny-times-congress-1.3.0
- old
+ new
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The Congress Shell (congresh for short/cute) is a simple interactive prompt that wraps IRB. It includes your API key (see setup below) and provides a few conveniences for test-driving the API.
Congress.new
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-You get a Congress object either by calling Congress.new with the session and chamber, or by using the Senate and House constants which return the current session of each:
+You get a Congress object either by calling Congress.new with a number and chamber with an optional session number, or by using the Senate and House constants which return the current session of each:
- current_senate = Senate
- current_house = House
- 2007_senate = Congress.new(109, 'senate')
- 2008_house = Congress.new(110, 'house')
+ current_senate = Senate
+ current_house = House
+ 2007_senate = Congress.new(109, 'senate')
+ 2009_house_2nd_session = Congress.new(111, 'house', 2)
-Through a Congress object, you can get a list of Legislators as a hash, keyed by congressional Bio ID.
+Through a Congress object, you can get a hash of Legislators, keyed by congressional Bio ID.
senators = Senate.members
Legislator
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