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* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index={{{congbio}}} Biography] at the ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]'' |
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index={{{congbio}}} Biography] at the ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]'' |
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* [http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/{{{votesmart}}} |
* [http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/{{{votesmart}}} Profile] at [[Project Vote Smart]] |
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* [http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId={{{fec}}} Financial information (federal office)] at the [[Federal Election Commission]] |
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* [http://beta.congress.gov/member/{{{congress}}} Legislation sponsored] at [[The Library of Congress]] |
* [http://beta.congress.gov/member/{{{congress}}} Legislation sponsored] at [[The Library of Congress]] |
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Template:CongLinks allows linking to external links found on most current U.S. Congress biographies and on many state-level political biographies. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.
Usage
- This template is only appropriate for legislators who served any time during or after 1991.
- This template should not be substituted.
Cut and paste
{{CongLinks | congbio = | fec = | congress = | votesmart = }}
The order of the fields does not matter for results, but is useful for consistency and to see what's missing.
Fields
- All parameters are optional, but if you don't include any of them, nothing will show up.
- Do not use capital letters. They might disrupt the code.
| Field | Data | Result | URL source |
|---|---|---|---|
| congbio | ID number of the congressional biography | Congressional Biography and Washington Post voting record | http://bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=[congbio] |
| fec | Federal Election Commission ID | Campaign finance reports and data | https://www.fec.gov/ data/search/?search=[fec] |
| congress | Path name | Legislation sponsored | https://www.congress.gov/ member/[congress] |
| votesmart | votesmart.org id | Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings | https://www.votesmart.org /candidate/[votesmart] |
Example
* {{CongLinks | congbio = b000589 | fec = H0OH08029 | congress = john-boehner/102 | votesmart = 27015 }}
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
Tracking category
See also
- {{Bioguide}}
- {{Biographical Directory of Congress}}
- {{Cleanup Congress bio}} puts articles in the category Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress, tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.