I think the way to do this is actually to use FooTable (which requires Bootstrap), which will allow us to pretty easily make a filter table.

So we'll use pandas to get the data in the right format and to an html table, then we use flask to get it set up as a web app and FooTable to do all the nifty other stuff.

To test on Windows, open up command prompt (Windows-x c), then go to the repo's directory (cd "Documents\Cong list\committee-communications-lookup") and deploy the app locally (heroku local -f Procfile.windows).

To commit any changes and get them on the Github, open the Github desktop application and press Sync in the top left, adding a message to explain what you've done.

This will not change the deployed app on the website (at committee- communications.herokuapp.com). To do that, you'll need to commit the changes (which you do in the previous step) and then, on the command line from within the committee-communications-lookup directory, type git push heroku origin to deploy it on the web.

This is a web app to get a roster of the contact info for senators/reps in specific committees or sub-committees. You will be able to select the committee you are interested in, and then receive pertinent Washington contact information.

TERMINOLOGY: For the remainder of this README, "congressperson" will be abbreviated to "CP." The "House of Representatives" is "HR."

GOAL: Generate lists of contact information for easy contacting of multiple CPs. Target specific committees for specific issues and bills.

STAGE 1: Select a committee, generate roster with contact info, with checkboxes to select what info to display . Roster can be downloaded.

• Use "bioguide" as marker for each CP.
• From "committees-current.yaml" :
  • ["type"]
  • ["name"]
  • ["senate_committee_id"]
  • ["house_committee_id"]
  • ["subcommittees"]["name"]
  • ["subcommittees"]["thomas_id"]
  • ["subcommittees"]["phone"]
• From "committee-membership-current" :
  • the "senate_committee_id" or "house_committee_id" with&without subcommittee thomas numbers. Example: "SSAP17" . Underneath:
  • ["bioguide"]
  • ["title"]
• From "legislators-current.yaml" : (after "id")
  • ["bioguide"]
  • ["name"]["official_full"]
  • ["bio"]["gender"]
  • Term, one that ends after the current date
    • ["type"]
    • ["state"]
    • ["district"] (only relevant for HR)
    • ["address"] in zip code "20510"
    • ["phone"] beginning with "202"
    • ["fax"] beginning with "202"
    • ["contact_form"]
    • ["office"]
• From "legistlators-social-media.yaml" : (after "id")
  • ["bioguide"]
  • ["social"]["twitter"]
  • ["social"]["facebook"]

Stage 2: Choose a bill, it generates the roster contact list for the relevant committee.

Stage 3: Roster contact list can be texted to a phone number or a group chat.

Stage 4: Roster contact list numbers can be called through Google Hangouts or similar program.