Cases in specified session

A function for retrieving all cases treated in a specified parliamentary session.

Usage

get_session_cases(sessionid = NA, good_manners = 0, cores = 1)

Arguments

sessionid

Character string indicating the id of the parliamentary session to retrieve.

good_manners

Integer. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function

cores

Integer. Number of cores (1 by default) to use in structuring the data. More than 1 will not work on windows

Value

A data.frame with the following variables:

1. $root (main data on the MP)

   response_date	Date of data retrieval
   version	Data version from the API
   treated_session_id	Session the case was treated in
   document_group	Document group the case belongs to
   reference	Document reference
   id	Case id
   com_req_id	Committee recommendation id
   com_req_code	Committee recommendation code
   title_short	Short title of case
   case_filed_id	Id of filed case
   last_update_date	Date of last update on case
   status	Status of the case
   title	Full title of the case
   type	Type of case
   session_id	Session id of the case
   committee_id	Responsible committee id

2. $topics (named list by case id)

   is_main_topic	Logical indication whether the topic is the main topic
   main_topic_id	Id of the main topic for the case
   id	Topic id
   name	Topic name

3. $proposers (named list by case id)

   rep_id	Proposing MP id
   county_id	County id of proposing MP
   party_id	Party id of proposing MP
   rep_sub	Logical indicator for whether MP is a substitute

4. $spokespersons (data frame by case id)

   case_id	Case id
   rep_id	Spokesperson(s) MP id for the case
   county_id	County id of spokesperson MP
   party_id	Party id of spokesperson MP
   rep_sub	Logical indicator for whether MP is a substitute

See also

get_case get_vote

Examples

if (FALSE) {
s0506 <- get_session_cases("2005-2006")
head(s0506)
}