---
title: "Congress sessions"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/congress/sessions"
tags: ["Public Finance & Government"]
---

# Congress sessions

`GET /api/v1/congress/sessions`

List of US Congress sessions with start/end years and session details.

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer — Max results

## Response `200`

Congress sessions.

- EnvelopeCongressSessionsData
  - `data` CongressSessionsData, required
    - `count` integer, required — Number of items in this result set.
    - `congresses` Congress[], required
      - `endYear` string, required — End year.
      - `name` string, required — Entity or record name.
      - `sessions` Session[], required
        - `chamber` string, required — Congressional chamber (house or senate).
        - `endDate` string, nullable — End date (YYYY-MM-DD).
        - `number` integer, required — Record or bill number.
        - `startDate` string, required — Start date (YYYY-MM-DD).
        - `type` string, required — Record type.
      - `startYear` string, required — Start year.
      - `updateDate` string, required — Last-updated timestamp.
      - `url` string, required — Related URL.
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header. JSON body with a stable `code` distinguishing `missing_api_key` (no header sent) from `invalid_api_key` (header sent, key not accepted); any other 401 source carries the generic `unauthorized` with its detail as `reason`. Plus `hint`. `plan` is always null on 401 - an unauthenticated request has no plan; quota exhaustion is 429, not 401.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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