R/congresses_and_years.R
current_congress.Rd
This function gives the number of the Congress for the current calendar year, using Sys.Date().
Sys.Date()
current_congress()
A positive whole number.
A new Congress begins in every odd-numbered year, starting in 1789. For example, 2021-2022 was the 117th Congress.
current_congress() #> [1] 119