Members of Congress and the Committees they belong to

[mirandar9936]

Hello, I am trying to compile a spreadsheet containing the current members of congress and the committees they belong too. While the member endpoint has lots of information for each member of congress, it does not provide the committees that each member belongs to. Where can I get this information? I need to associate each member of congress with all the committees they belong to.

[rbram]

Hello. Thanks for your question. Please consult the following pages for current members and their committee assignments:

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm House: https://clerk.house.gov/members/#MemberProfiles

[mirandar9936]

Thanks. How can I automate getting the above information through the API using code? I would rather not have to go one by one for each congress person. Is there an endpoint that will give this info back in JSON?

[rbram]

Hello. No there is not a method for this from the Congress.gov API currently. You might find what you are looking for here. More information regarding Congressional bulk data from the House and Senate: • Legislative Documents in XML at the United States House of Representatives • XML Sources Available on Senate.gov

[Gmanicus]

https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators Might have what you're looking for

[mirandar9936]

Thanks!

[asebold]

@mirandar9936 Not sure if you still need this, but after some digging, I found automated sources for this data in XML:

House: https://clerk.house.gov/xml/lists/MemberData.xml Documentation for House XML: https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/MemberData_UserGuide.pdf

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSAP.xml