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Information about Bill Status XML Bulk Data including the XML User Guide.
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Why does "all actions" display on congress.gov vary #46

Closed wcarter closed 7 years ago

wcarter commented 7 years ago

Question more than issue, but I am very curious about the answer.

Sometimes there are 3 columns -- date, chamber and all actions -- and an "Action By: X" string is added on a new line for committee actions:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1004/all-actions?

Sometimes there are 2 columns -- date and all actions -- and every action has an "Action By: X" string that specifies chamber, except for committee actions

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1215/all-actions?

These are both house bills from the current congress

104PL104 commented 7 years ago

The "Chamber" column is only present if more than one chamber has acted on the measure.

HR1215 was introduced in the House, and is pending in the House.

HR1004 passed the House, and has been referred to a Senate committee which triggers the "Chamber" column to be present.

wcarter commented 7 years ago

Thanks! I figured it was a rule like that, but I thought I had seen some examples that did not conform to it and wanted to check.