Amendments

Get an amendment

GET/v1/amendments/{amendmentId}All plans

One amendment with its sponsors, purpose, the bill it amends and every action taken on it.

curl "https://api.thelobbynews.com/v1/amendments/119-samdt-6831" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lobby_live_..."

Response 200

{
  "amendmentId": "119-samdt-6831",
  "congress": 119,
  "chamber": "Senate",
  "type": "SAMDT",
  "number": "6831",
  "purpose": "To modify the prohibition on certain conference mergers and acquisitions.",
  "description": null,
  "amendedBillId": "119-s-4668",
  "sponsors": [
    {
      "bioguideId": "M001244",
      "name": "Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL]",
      "party": "R",
      "state": "FL"
    }
  ],
  "proposedDate": "2026-09-28",
  "submittedDate": "2026-09-24",
  "status": "agreed_to",
  "latestAction": {
    "date": "2026-09-28",
    "text": "Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6831, notwithstanding the adoption of amendment SA 6776, agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote."
  },
  "updateDate": "2026-10-22T16:27:34.000Z",
  "actions": [
    {
      "date": "2026-09-28",
      "text": "Senate amendment agreed to: Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6831, notwithstanding the adoption of amendment SA 6776, agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.",
      "type": "Floor",
      "code": "94000"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-28",
      "text": "Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 6831 proposed by Senator Moody to Amendment SA 6776.",
      "type": "Floor",
      "code": "93000"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-28",
      "text": "Amendment SA 6831 proposed by Senator Moody to Amendment SA 6776. To modify the prohibition on certain conference mergers and acquisitions. (consideration: CR S5042)",
      "type": "Floor",
      "code": null
    }
  ]
}

A real response, trimmed for length: lists cut to three items, long text shortened.

Path parameters

Name	Description
amendmentIdrequiredstring	Congress, type and number, e.g. 119-samdt-6831.

Response

Field	Description
amendmentIdstring	Congress, type and number: 119-samdt-6831.
congressinteger
chamberstring
typestring \| null
numberstring
purposestring \| null
descriptionstring \| null
amendedBillIdstring \| null
sponsorsobject[]
sponsors[].bioguideIdstring
sponsors[].namestring
sponsors[].partystring \| null
sponsors[].statestring \| null
proposedDatestring \| null
submittedDatestring \| null
statusstring \| null
latestActionLatestAction \| null
latestAction.datestring \| null
latestAction.textstring
updateDatestring \| null
actionsobject[]
actions[].datestring
actions[].textstring
actions[].typestring \| null
actions[].codestring \| null