old_contents: from datasource import fec
  from datasource import propublica
  import os
  
  
  FEC_APIKEY = os.getenv('FEC_API_KEY', '')
  ProPublica_APIKEY = os.getenv('PP_API_KEY', '')
  
  FecApiObj = fec.FECAPI(FEC_APIKEY)
  committees = FecApiObj.get_committees()
  PPCampFinObj = propublica.CampaignFinanceAPI(ProPublica_APIKEY)
  datafile = open("IndepExpends.json", 'w')
  for committee in committees:
      if(2016 in committee['cycles']):
          print(committee['committee_id'])
          indepExpend = PPCampFinObj.get_indep_expends(str(committee['committee_id']))
          datafile.write(str(indepExpend))
  datafile.close()
new_contents: from datasource import fec
  from datasource import propublica
  import os
  
  
  FEC_APIKEY = os.getenv('FEC_API_KEY', '')
  ProPublica_APIKEY = os.getenv('PP_API_KEY', '')
  
  FecApiObj = fec.FECAPI(FEC_APIKEY)
  committees = FecApiObj.get_committees()
  PPCampFinObj = propublica.CampaignFinanceAPI(ProPublica_APIKEY)
  datafile = open("IndepExpends.json", 'w')
  for committee in committees:
      if(2016 in committee['cycles']):
          indepExpend = PPCampFinObj.get_indep_expends(str(committee['committee_id']))
          datafile.write(str(indepExpend))
  datafile.close()
  
subject: Update parse_indepexpends.py