This template 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.
How to use
- This template is only appropriate for legislators who served any time during or after 1991.
- This template should not be substituted.
Cut & paste
{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = | fec = | congress = }}
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]
|
votesmart |
votesmart.org id |
Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings |
http://www.votesmart.org /candidate/[votesmart]
|
fec |
Federal Election Commission ID |
Campaign finance reports and data |
http://images.nictusa.com /cgi-bin/can_detail/[fec]
|
congress |
Path name |
Legislation sponsored |
http://beta.congress.gov/ member/[congress]
|
Example
John Boehner:
Returning all external links:
See also