Trying out rake tasks

rake_task.rake

namespace :populate do
  congresspeople = Sunlight::legislator.all_where(:gender => "M")
  task :get_info do
    congresspeople.each do |rep|
      :firstname = rep.firstname
      :lastname = rep.lastname
      :bioguide_id = rep.bioguide_id
      create_rep(firstname, lastname, bioguide_id)
    end
  end

  task :create_rep
    Representaive.create(params[:firstname, :lastname, :bioguide_id])
  end

  task :populate_databse
    get_info
  end
end