Congress.gov API

Congress.gov API house-vote API

[BETA] Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API

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OpenAPI Specification

congress-gov-house-vote-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  description: 'Congress.gov shares its application programming interface (API) with the public to ingest the Congressional data. <a href="sign-up/" target="_blank">Sign up for an API key</a> from api.data.gov that you can use to access web services provided by Congress.gov. To learn more, view our <a href="https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/" target="_blank">GitHub repository</a>.

    '
  title: Congress.gov amendments house-vote API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: house-vote
  description: '[BETA] Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API'
paths:
  /house-vote:
    get:
      tags:
      - house-vote
      summary: Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      description: Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVote'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVote'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /house-vote/{congress}:
    get:
      tags:
      - house-vote
      summary: Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API filtered by the specified Congress. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      description: Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API filtered by the specified Congress. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVote'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVote'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /house-vote/{congress}/{session}:
    get:
      tags:
      - house-vote
      summary: Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API filtered by the specified Congress and session. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      description: Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API filtered by the specified Congress and session. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/session'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVote'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVote'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /house-vote/{congress}/{session}/{voteNumber}:
    get:
      tags:
      - house-vote
      summary: Returns detailed information for a specified House of Representatives roll call vote. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      description: Returns detailed information for a specified House of Representatives roll call vote. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/session'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/voteNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVoteNumber'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVoteNumber'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /house-vote/{congress}/{session}/{voteNumber}/members:
    get:
      tags:
      - house-vote
      summary: Returns detailed information for how members voted on a specified House of Representatives roll call vote. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      description: Returns detailed information for how members voted on a specified House of Representatives roll call vote. This endpoint is currently in beta.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/session'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/voteNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVoteMembers'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVoteMembers'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
components:
  schemas:
    HouseVoteMembers:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVoteNumberBase'
      - type: object
        properties:
          results:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/houseVoteResults'
          voteQuestion:
            type: string
            example: On Passage
    houseVoteResults:
      type: object
      properties:
        bioguideID:
          type: string
          example: A000055
        firstName:
          type: string
          example: Robert
        lastName:
          type: string
          example: Aderholt
        voteCast:
          type: string
          example: Yea
        voteParty:
          type: string
          example: R
        voteState:
          type: string
          example: AL
    HouseVoteNumber:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/HouseVoteNumberBase'
      - type: object
        properties:
          votePartyTotal:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/voteParty'
          voteQuestion:
            type: string
            example: On Passage
    HouseVote:
      type: object
      properties:
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 119
        identifier:
          type: integer
          example: 1191202517
        legislationNumber:
          type: string
          example: '30'
        legislationType:
          type: string
          example: HR
        legislationUrl:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://congress.gov/bill/119/house-bill/30
        result:
          type: string
          example: Passed
        rollCallNumber:
          type: integer
          example: 17
        sessionNumber:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        sourceDataURL:
          type: string
          example: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll017.xml
        startDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2025-01-16T11:00:00-05:00'
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2025-04-18T08:44:47-04:00'
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/house-vote/119/1/17
        voteType:
          type: string
          example: Yea-and-Nay
    party:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          example: Republican
        type:
          type: string
          example: R
    voteParty:
      type: object
      properties:
        nayTotal:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        notVotingTotal:
          type: integer
          example: 6
        presentTotal:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        voteParty:
          type: string
          example: R
        yeaTotal:
          type: integer
          example: 213
        party:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/party'
    HouseVoteNumberBase:
      type: object
      properties:
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 119
        identifier:
          type: integer
          example: 1191202517
        legislationNumber:
          type: string
          example: '30'
        legislationType:
          type: string
          example: HR
        legislationUrl:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://congress.gov/bill/119/house-bill/30
        result:
          type: string
          example: Passed
        rollCallNumber:
          type: integer
          example: 17
        sessionNumber:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        sourceDataURL:
          type: string
          example: https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll017.xml
        startDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2025-01-16T11:00:00-05:00'
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2025-04-18T08:44:47-04:00'
        voteType:
          type: string
          example: Yea-and-Nay
  parameters:
    congress:
      name: congress
      in: path
      description: The congress number. For example, can be 117.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The starting record returned. 0 is the first record.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    format:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: The data format. Value can be xml or json.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: xml
        enum:
        - xml
        - json
    voteNumber:
      name: voteNumber
      in: path
      description: The assigned roll call vote number. For example, 17.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    session:
      name: session
      in: path
      description: The session number. The value can be 1 or 2.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        enum:
        - 1
        - 2
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of records returned. The maximum limit is 250.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key