Script, part 1

soupscript.py

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import csv

soup = BeautifulSoup (open("43rd-congress.html"))

final_link = soup.p.a
final_link.decompose()

links = soup.find_all('a')
for link in links:	
	names = link.contents[0]
	fullLink = link.get('href')
	
	f = csv.writer(open("43rd_Congress.csv", "a"))
	f.writerow([names, fullLink])