Presidential Nominations

This task scrapes data on presidential nominations submitted to the Senate.

Note: According to the README.md, this scraper uses the now-defunct THOMAS.loc.gov system. Its current functionality may be limited.

Usage

To fetch all nominations for a specific Congress, use the --congress flag:

usc-run nominations --congress=113

Options

  • --congress=<number>: (Required) Specifies the Congress to fetch nominations for. Unlike other commands, there is no default.
  • --nomination_id=<id>: Fetches a single nomination by its ID (e.g., PN2094-112).
  • --limit=<count>: Processes only the first count number of nominations found.

Output Structure

Processed nomination data is stored in:

data/{congress}/nominations/{number}/data.json

For example, data for nomination PN2094 from the 112th Congress would be located in data/112/nominations/2094/data.json.