.. -*- mode: rst -*-

.. _chambers:

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Chambers
========

Overview
========

Similar to the U.S. government, the Indiana legislature is made up of
two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The House comprises 100 members elected for two-year terms and is led
by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from the body of the
membership.

The Senate is made up of 50 members elected for four-year terms. The
terms are staggered with half of body facing election every two
years. The Lieutenant Governor, who is not one of the 50 members,
serves as the president of the Senate. In the Lieutenant Governor’s
absence, the Senate is presided over by the President Pro Tempore, who
is a member of the body.


The resources below provide both a listing of the available chambers (
for completeness only - this will always be ``house`` and ``senate`` )
and, at ``/{session}/chambers/{chamber}``, a list of links to
sub-resources that filter :ref:`session <sessions>` scoped resources
like :ref:`bills <bills>` and :ref:`legislators <legislators>` based
on what chamber they are associated with.

Resources
=========
.. include:: ../resource_maps/chambers.txt


Examples
========

Provide links to sub-resources assocaiated the 'house' in 2014::

    curl -i \
         -X GET \
         -H "Accept: application/vnd.myiga.v1+json" \
         -H "Authorization: Token my4pp1c4t10nt0k3n" \
         https://api.iga.in.gov/2014/chambers/house

.. code-block:: javascript

    {
        "name": "House of Representatives",
        "notes": "The House Chamber",
        "legislators": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/legislators"
        },
        "bill-actions": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/bill-actions"
        },
        "bills": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/bills"
        },
        "enrolled": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/bills/enrolled"
        },
        "calendars": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/calendars"
        },
        "journals": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/journals"
        },
        "all-committees": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/committees"
        },
        "standing-committees": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/committees/standing"
        },
        "conference-committees": {
             "link": "/2014/chambers/house/committees/conference"
        },
        "days": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/days"
        },
        "rollcalls": {
            "link": "/2014/house/rollcalls"
        },
        "bill-status-counts": {
            "link": "/2014/chambers/house/bill-status-counts"
        },
        "videos": {
            "current": {
                "link": "/2014/house/videos/chamber"
            },
            "items": {
                "link": "/2014/house/videos"
            }
        }
    }