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This template allows linking to external links found on most current U.S. Congress biographies and on many state-level political biographies. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.

==How to use==
* This template is only appropriate for legislators who served any time during or after 1991.
* This template should '''not''' be [[Wikipedia:Template substitution|substituted]].

===Cut & paste===
<pre>
{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = | fec = | congress = }}
</pre>

The '''order''' of the fields ''does not'' matter for results, but is useful for consistency and to see what's missing.

===Fields===
* All parameters are optional, but if you don't include any of them, nothing will show up.
* Do not use capital letters. They might disrupt the code.
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:80%"
! Field !! Data !! Result !! [[URL]] source
|-
| ''congbio'' || ID number of the congressional biography || Congressional Biography and Washington Post voting record || http://bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/biodisplay.pl?index='''[congbio]'''
|-
| ''votesmart'' || votesmart.org id || Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings || http://www.votesmart.org /candidate/'''[votesmart]'''
|-
| ''fec'' || Federal Election Commission ID || Campaign finance reports and data || http://images.nictusa.com /cgi-bin/can_detail/'''[fec]'''
|-
| ''congress'' || Path name || Legislation sponsored || http://beta.congress.gov/ member/'''[congress]'''
|}

==Example==
[[John Boehner]]:
</pre> Returning all external links:
*{{CongLinks | congbio = b000589 | votesmart = 27015 | fec = H0OH08029 | congress = john-boehner/102}}

==See also==
* {{tl|Bioguide}}
* {{tl|Biographical Directory of Congress}}
* {{tl|Cleanup Congress Bio}} puts articles in the category [[:Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup]].
* [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide]], a subpage of '''Project Congress''', tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.

<includeonly>
[[Category:People and person external link templates]]
[[Category:U.S. Congress external link templates]]
</includeonly>

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