diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc98374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+build
+crpapi.pyc
+test.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crpapi.py b/crpapi.py
index bc6963c..f974ece 100644
--- a/crpapi.py
+++ b/crpapi.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-""" 
+"""
 	Python library for interacting with the CRP API.
 
-    The CRP API (http://www.opensecrets.org/action/api_doc.php) provides campaign 
+    The CRP API (http://www.opensecrets.org/action/api_doc.php) provides campaign
 	finance and other data from the Center for Responsive Politics.
 
 	See README.rst for methods and usage
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2009 Sunlight Labs"
 __license__ = "BSD"
 
-import urllib, urllib2
-try:
-    import json
-except ImportError:
-    import simplejson as json
+import urllib
+import requests
 
 class CRPApiError(Exception):
     """ Exception for CRP API errors """
@@ -37,13 +34,16 @@ def _apicall(func, params):
         if CRP.apikey is None:
             raise CRPApiError('Missing CRP apikey')
 
-        url = 'http://api.opensecrets.org/?method=%s&output=json&apikey=%s&%s' % \
-              (func, CRP.apikey, urllib.urlencode(params))
-        
+        url = 'http://www.opensecrets.org/api/' \
+            '?method=%s&output=json&apikey=%s&%s' % \
+            (func, CRP.apikey, urllib.urlencode(params))
+
+        print url
+
         try:
-            response = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
-            return json.loads(response)['response']
-        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+            response = requests.get(url)
+            return response.json()['response']
+        except requests.HTTPError, e:
             raise CRPApiError(e.read())
         except (ValueError, KeyError), e:
             raise CRPApiError('Invalid Response')
@@ -95,15 +95,33 @@ class getOrgs(object):
         def get(**kwargs):
             results = CRP._apicall('getOrgs', kwargs)['organization']
             return results
-            
+
     class orgSummary(object):
         @staticmethod
         def get(**kwargs):
             results = CRP._apicall('orgSummary', kwargs)['organization']
             return results
-            
+
     class congCmteIndus(object):
         @staticmethod
         def get(**kwargs):
             results = CRP._apicall('congCmteIndus', kwargs)['committee']['member']
-            return results
\ No newline at end of file
+            return results
+
+    class presCandContrib(object):
+        @staticmethod
+        def get(**kwargs):
+            results = CRP._apicall('prescandContrib', kwargs)
+            return results
+
+    class presCandIndustry(object):
+        @staticmethod
+        def get(**kwargs):
+            results = CRP._apicall('prescandIndustry', kwargs)
+            return results
+
+    class presCandSector(object):
+        @staticmethod
+        def get(**kwargs):
+            results = CRP._apicall('prescandSector', kwargs)
+            return results
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ab223f2..6fe0bbe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from crpapi import __version__,__license__,__doc__
 
 license_text = open('LICENSE').read()
-long_description = open('README.rst').read()
+long_description = open('README.md').read()
 
 setup(name="python-crpapi",
       version=__version__,
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
                    "Programming Language :: Python",
                    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
                    ],
-       install_requires=["simplejson >= 1.8"]
+       install_requires=["requests >= 2.9"]
       )