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(congress): inaccurate `endYear` #256

Open ryparker opened 3 weeks ago

ryparker commented 3 weeks ago

In the congress API, the endYear value is inaccurate for some of the congresses. Here is an incomplete list of congresses i've found errors in:

110
112
113
114
115
116
117
118

For example request the 117th congress:

curl 'https://api.congress.gov/v3/congress/117?format=json&api_key=<API_KEY>'

Response

{
    "congress": {
        "endYear": "2022",
        "name": "117th Congress",
        "number": 117,
        "sessions": [
            {
                "chamber": "House of Representatives",
                "endDate": "2022-01-03",
                "number": 1,
                "startDate": "2021-01-03",
                "type": "R"
            },
            {
                "chamber": "Senate",
                "endDate": "2022-01-03",
                "number": 1,
                "startDate": "2021-01-03",
                "type": "R"
            },
            {
                "chamber": "House of Representatives",
                "endDate": "2023-01-03",
                "number": 2,
                "startDate": "2022-01-03",
                "type": "R"
            },
            {
                "chamber": "Senate",
                "endDate": "2023-01-03",
                "number": 2,
                "startDate": "2022-01-03",
                "type": "R"
            }
        ],
        "startYear": "2021",
        "updateDate": "2021-01-12T20:05:52Z",
        "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/congress/117?format=json"
    },
    "request": {
        "congress": "117",
        "contentType": "application/json",
        "format": "json"
    }
}

Notice how the endYear is set to 2022, but the 2nd sessions end on 2023-01-03. I had expected the endYear to be 2023.