Committee

House, Senate, and Joint committees and subcommittees. Subcommittees have parent_thomas_id set.

GraphQL type: Committee · Connection: CommitteesConnection

Queries

Query	Returns	Description
allCommittees(filter, orderBy, first, last, before, after)	CommitteesConnection	Paginated list with filtering and ordering
committeeByThomasId(thomasId: String!)	Committee	Look up by primary key

Fields

Field	GraphQL Type	Notes
thomasId	String	For subcommittees, this is the concatenated parent + subcommittee code (e.g. SSEG03). PK
chamber	String	required. One of: house, senate, joint
name	String	required
jurisdiction	String
parentThomasId	String	FK
subcommitteeId	String
isCurrent	Boolean
createdAt	Datetime
updatedAt	Datetime

Relationships

Belongs to

Field	Returns	Via
committeeByParentThomasId	Committee (nullable)	parentThomasId

Has many

Field	Returns	Via
committeesByParentThomasId	CommitteesConnection	parentThomasId
billCommitteesByThomasId	BillCommitteesConnection	thomasId
committeeMembershipsByThomasId	CommitteeMembershipsConnection	thomasId

Example

{
  allCommittees(
    filter: {
      chamber: { equalTo: "senate" }
      isCurrent: { equalTo: true }
      parentThomasId: { isNull: true }
    }
    orderBy: NAME_ASC
  ) {
    nodes {
      thomasId
      name
      jurisdiction
    }
  }
}