def load_committee(self, obj):
        data = openstates.committee_detail(obj['id'])
        committee_name = data['committee']

        if committee_name == 'Committee of the Whole Senate':
            self.stdout.write(u'Skipping {}.'.format(committee_name))
            return

        self.stdout.write(u'Loading {}...'.format(committee_name))

        chamber = Chamber.objects.get(
            name=u'Texas Senate' if data['chamber'] == 'upper'
            else u'Texas House'
        )

        committee, _ = Committee.objects.get_or_create(
            name=committee_name,
            chamber=chamber,
            openstates_id=data['id'],
        )

        committee.members.clear()

        member_list = []

        for member in data['members']:
            legislator = Legislator.objects.get(openstates_id=member['leg_id'])

            member = Membership(
                legislator=legislator,
                committee=committee,
                role=member['role'].title(),
            )

            member_list.append(member)

        Membership.objects.bulk_create(member_list)
             'role'])  # role is 3 for chair, 2 is vice chair, 1 for member.

committees = openstates.committees(state='ca')
committee_index = 0
member_index = 0
for committee in committees:
    pdrow = pd.Series({
        'committee_name':
        committee['committee'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'),
        'committee_id':
        committee['id']
    })
    committeeinfo_db.loc[committee_index] = pdrow
    committee_index = committee_index + 1

    detailedinfo = openstates.committee_detail(committee_id=committee['id'])
    for member in detailedinfo['members']:
        memnum = 1
        if member['role'] == 'Chair':
            memnum = 3
        if member['role'] == 'Vice Chair':
            memnum = 2

        pdrow = pd.Series({
            'committee_id': committee['id'],
            'member_id': member['leg_id'],
            'role': memnum
        })
        committeemembers_db.loc[member_index] = pdrow
        member_index = member_index + 1

# set up our two dataframes (which will become databases)

committeeinfo_db = pd.DataFrame(columns=['committee_name', 'committee_id'])
committeemembers_db = pd.DataFrame(columns=['committee_id', 'member_id', 'role']) # role is 3 for chair, 2 is vice chair, 1 for member.

committees = openstates.committees(state='ca')
committee_index = 0;
member_index    = 0;
for committee in committees:
    pdrow = pd.Series({'committee_name':committee['committee'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'), 'committee_id':committee['id']});
    committeeinfo_db.loc[committee_index] = pdrow;
    committee_index = committee_index + 1;

    detailedinfo = openstates.committee_detail(committee_id = committee['id'])
    for member in detailedinfo['members']:
        memnum = 1
        if member['role'] == 'Chair':
            memnum = 3;
        if member['role'] == 'Vice Chair':
            memnum = 2

        pdrow = pd.Series({'committee_id':committee['id'], 'member_id':member['leg_id'], 'role':memnum})
        committeemembers_db.loc[member_index] = pdrow
        member_index = member_index + 1

engine = create_engine("mysql+pymysql://root@localhost/legislator_db")
committeeinfo_db.to_sql('committees_table', engine,if_exists='replace')

committeemembers_db.to_sql('committeemembers_table', engine,if_exists='replace')