Template:CongLinks

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{{CongLinks}} allows linking to external links found on most current U.S. congress biographies. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.

How to use

  • This template is only appropriate for post-1991 legislators.
  • This template should not be substituted.

Cut & paste

Either

{{CongLinks
| name            = 
| congbio         = 
| fec             =
| opensecrets     =
| votesmart       =
| ontheissuespath = 
| legistorm       =
| surge           =
| govtrack        =
| findagrave      =
| retrieved       =
}}

or

{{CongLinks | name = | congbio = | fec = | opensecrets = | votesmart  = | ontheissuespath =
| legistorm= | surge = | govtrack  = | findagrave= | retrieved= }}

The order of the fields does not matter.

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
name name If the article title is inappropriate for link captions.
As of 30 December 2007, captions aren't used, so this is not a big deal.
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 http://herndon1.sdrdc.com /cgi-bin/can_detail/[fec]
opensecrets opensecrets.org page Campaign contributions http://www.opensecrets.org /politicians/summary.asp?CID=[opensecrets]
votesmart vote-smart.org id Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings http://www.vote-smart.org /bio.php?can_id=[votesmart]
ontheissuespath Path name needed Issue positions and quotes http://www.ontheissues.org /[ontheissuespath]
legistorm Path name needed Staff salary data http://www.legistorm.org /[legistorm]
surge Statesurge index Bills Sponsored http://www.statesurge.com /members/[surge]
govtrack GovTrack index Congressional profile http://www.govtrack.us /congress/person.xpd?id=[govtrack]
findagrave FindAGrave index Burial info. But if still alive, just don't include it http://www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=[findagrave]
retrieved date (yyyy-mm-dd) date these links were last retrieved no url

Example

David Davis (U.S. politician):

{{ CongLinks 
| name =            David Davis 
| congbio =         D000606 
| fec =             H6TN01313
| opensecrets =     N00008758 
| votesmart =       BC038542 
| ontheissuespath = House/David_Davis.htm
| legistorm =       Rep_David_Davis/829.html
| surge =           753
| govtrack =        412235
| retrieved =       2008-02-04
}}

will return all relevant external links:

See also