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  1. access the Sunlight Labs API without an api key via YQL http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/
  2. check out the new birthdate column thanks to the work of @derekwillis -- also we refreshed a ton of contact info
  3. Blog Post on new API features: http://bit.ly/2sdhwQ -- you'll also notice @Klondike has doubled the # of twitter_ids in the api
  4. Al Franken has been added to the API, Ellen Tauscher has been marked as no longer in office
  5. Yahoo announces Sunlight Labs integration with YQL: http://bit.ly/WzL6X
  6. Committee memberships at last -- http://bit.ly/11Evnt
  7. new congressmen Mike Quigley (IL-5) and Scott Murphy (NY-20) added and Sen. Arlen Specter's party changed R to D
  8. all senators now have their senate_class
  9. just posted some updated phone numbers thanks to Nathan Woodhull -- some new functionality coming very soon, stay tuned
  10. new youtube_url parameter added for legislators (thanks to Senate staffer/API user Judson Blewett)
  11. @adrianholovaty @aaronsw @xenijardin @cjoh judging http://sunlightlabs.com/appsforamerica contest up to $15k for best transparency app
  12. @steven_nelson new APIs use application/xml and application/json content types
  13. @irabinovitch see docs for in_office and all_legislators parameters http://tinyurl.com/745puy
  14. 111th congress is now live -- more to come as their various ids and contact information is made more readily available
  15. @tweetcongress launched http://tweetcongress.org -- thanks for using sunlightlabsapi and the Ruby gem from @luigimontanez
  16. New experimental API methods announced, fuzzy search + lobbyist disclosures. http://tinyurl.com/625n4v
  17. non-voting delgates deserve API love too: updated Norton (DC) and Fortuno (PR). added Faleomavaega (AS), Bordallo (GU) and Christensen (VI).
  18. added a few missing (resigned/deceased) members from 110th congress (http://tinyurl.com/4nngxn)
  19. new legislators.allForZip convenience method -- get all reps+sens for an individual zipcode in a single call (that's 66% savings!)
  20. UPDATE: twitter_id added to legislators + data refresh + way to access resigned/defeated/deceased legislators http://tinyurl.com/6npkkj